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New Hope for Pavlovsk Station And Russia's Rare Plant Reserve - Yale Environment 360

New Hope for Pavlovsk Station And Russia's Rare Plant Reserve
Yale Environment 360
In the early 20th century, Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov created a preserve outside St. Petersburg that today contains one of the world's largest collections of rare seeds and crops. Now, scientists and conservationists are waging an international ...

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