Making scents: could AI help perfumers take pressure off endangered plants?
When some Aquilaria trees are damaged, they produce a dark, fragrant resin that becomes agarwood, or oudh – an ingredient so valuable that wild trees have…
The Guardian reports: When some Aquilaria trees are damaged, they produce a dark, fragrant resin that becomes agarwood, or oudh – an ingredient so valuable that wild trees have been illegally felled in its pursuit.
Firms working on reproducing compounds without need for repeated harvesting but conservationists are sceptical Many of the world’s most expensive perfumes begin with a wounded tree. The result has devastated wild Aquilaria populations.
This science story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include AI and Aquilaria.
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