Fascination of Plants: Preserving a Green Planet

Since 2012, the 18^th of May was chosen for the celebration of the “Fascination of Plants” day, a global initiative to showcase the magic of the plant kingdom and to stress the importance of plant research. No doubt, plants are essential for life on earth: without them, humans would be deprived of food and non-food products. Plants also provide fundamental “ecosystem services”, including CO₂ capture and O₂ release, that make animal existence possible.