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Website for Northeastern Brazil
Repatriation of Herbarium Data

To make botanical research more effective, Kew is facilitating access to the information contained in herbarium collections by repatriating data and images on key plant families to key Brazilian institutions. The present  interactive database aims to make this information more widely available.

The project aims to contribute to the conservation of global biodiversity by assisting researchers in the accurate naming of their plant diversity, while taking into consideration of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

By databasing all material and repatriating data and images of type-specimens to Northeastern Brazil, we are building capacity for biodiversity research at local level. The work at the RBG Kew is developed by Brazilian Repatriation Officers, who are using the opportunity to visit Europe and develop their own specific taxonomic research.