Foreword by David Attenborough .................................. 8
CHAPTER ONE The Green Inheritance ............................. 10
CHAPTER TWO Guardians of the Environment ...................... 22
CHAPTER THREE Green Travellers ................................ 40
CHAPTER FOUR Our Daily Bread .................................. 52
CHAPTER FIVE The Spice of Life ................................ 80
CHAPTER SIX Green Wealth ...................................... 92
CHAPTER SEVEN Green Medicine ................................. 110
CHAPTER EIGHT Objects of Beauty .............................. 130
CHAPTER NINE Plants and Society .............................. 148
CHAPTER TEN Improving the Resources .......................... 160
CHAPTER ELEVEN Saving the Plants that Save Us ................ 174
A Future for Plants ........................................... 186
Further Reading / Acknowledgements ............................ 188
Index ......................................................... 189
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