What are orchids? -- Orchids and their ecology -- Forests and deforestation -- The continuing need for orchid species -- Orchids and ethnobotany -- In situ conservation -- Ex situ conservation -- CITES and orchids -- Paphiopedilums and CITES -- The amateur's role in orchid conservation -- Conservation and commercialism -- Orchids in peril -- Going, going ... gone? -- Last words.
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