Nico Lavandero is a Chilean Botanist who has described 8 new species of plants in Chile and is in the proc of describing many more. In this podcast we talk about a diversity of subjects, from Chile's 1974 Forest Law that incentivized the destruction of native forest for pine plantations, why plants take on dwarfed rosulate growth forms at high altitude in the Andes, Alerce forests, a growing awareness of native plants in Chilean culture, the marvelous abundan of agua con gas, and much more.Nico Lavandero & Ludovica Santilli :IG : Botanica.chilensisAD-FREE EPISODES OF THE PODCAST ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CRIME PAYS PATREON AT : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt