A worker arranges seed plantings in a laboratory in China. These plants will grow fast to create new forests to keep up with China’s growing demand for paper, which is made from trees.

The aloe’s habitat is affected by burning and other kinds of habitat destruction.

Orchid smuggling is leading to the loss of many kinds of wild orchids.

The government began protecting the saguaro cactus when it started to disappear. This has prevented it from becoming endangered.

Endangered Plants