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2. People tend to rank animals as superior to plants, so conservation efforts for plants tends to be limited.
3. Human being are absolutely dependent on plants for life and health, but so often they fade into the background and miss out in the direct actions to protect our planet.
4. Zoo-centrism or zoo-chauvinism- Educators often use animals rather than plants as examples of basic biological concepts, children grow up with more familiarity and empathy toward animals.
5. When plant conservation funding drops then there's decreased interest in plant biology classes, the plant popularity issue has increasing ramifications.
6. Plant research is critical to many scientific breakthroughs, from hardier food crops to more effective medicines. More than 28,000 plant species are used medicinally, including plant-derived anti-cancer drugs and blood thinners.
7. Children who grow up with an animal-centric biological education don't learn to value the greenery around them so they don't grow up with interest in plant-related careers.
8. Without a basic knowledge of plant structure, function and diversity, there's little hope of addressing problems like global warming, food security and need for new pharmaceuticals to fight against new diseases.
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