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Urban Gardens Can Increase Biodiversity And Help Create Sustainable Cities

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Cities can be made more sustainable and functional by increasing biodiversity in private gardens. Image: Unsplash/Joydeep Pal

Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard
Assistant Professor in Plant Biology and Urban Ecology, MacEwan University
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Privately owned gardens can make up a large portion of a city’s greenspace and can have very high functional diversity. Image: Karen Christensen-Dalsgaard

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