Abstract
As recently as 1994, the dinosaur of the plant kingdom, Wollemi pine (Wollemi nobilis) has been discovered in its site of origin, the Wollemi National Park, 150 km from the city of Sydney, Australia. This giant grows to a height of 40m with a trunk diameter of over 1m. All possible steps have been taken to conserve this giant in its own World Heritage Area. It is also being exploited to grow commercially to be released to the public by the year 2005. With increasing human interference on the environment, the rate of extinction of species is exceeding the rate of origin of new species. The tragedy is that many species including the giants of the living world might disappear even as efforts are on to discover yet-to-be identified species.
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