Threatened species
Plants are the basis of food chains and critical to all life on Earth — but the first global analysis of plant status in 2010 found that more than 20% of the world's 380,000 plant species are at risk of extinction, making plants more threatened than birds, of which 12% are in jeopardy. What’s more, this loss also means the loss of the wild relatives of our food crops, making more difficult for us to help them adapt to changes in climate and other threats.