UN Backs New Term For Conservation Talks

The word "funga" should be used alongside flora and fauna when discussing conservation issues to reflect the importance of fungi to ecosystem health, a UN body has said. From a report: The secretariat of the UN convention on biological diversity (UNCBD) said it was time that fungi were "recognised and protected on an equal footing with animals and plants in legal conservation frameworks."
"Whenever referring to the macroscopic diversity of life on Earth, we should use 'flora, fauna and funga,' a