Happy #WorldBiodiversityDay! Did you know? South africa is one of the world's most biodiverse regions. Biobanks can help study, preserve and protect that diversity - and also help solve food security, medical and economic challenges. But how does that actually happen?
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South Africa has created a network of facilities to store hundreds of thousands of samples of biological material from plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. But why are these biobanks so important?