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	 		<title>The Tropical Plant Identification Course</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:04:12 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/tropical-plant-identification.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Each year several of the Herbarium botanists organise and run a Tropical Plant Identification Course.<br/>
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	 		<title>Food for when all else fails - collect from the wild or cultivate?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:41:42 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/food-for-when-all-else-fails-collect-from-the-wild-or-cultivate.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[A successful yam cultivation project in Madagascar cannot keep up with demand for cultivated yams.<br/>
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	 		<title>Grass identification workshop in Madagascar</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:09:31 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/grass-id-workshop.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Find out how Kew staff helped local scientists in Madagascar learn to identify unique and endangered species of grasses.<br/>
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	 		<title>UK Virtual Herbarium - a pilot project</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/uk-virtual-herbarium-a-pilot-project.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Will you join Kew&rsquo;s quest to unlock the information hidden behind the closed doors of our Herbarium cupboards?<br/>
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	 		<title>Studying yams in Madagascar</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/studying-yams-in-madagascar.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew and Feedback Madagascar are collaborating to look at the preferences for different species of edible yam in Madagascan rural communities. Find out about the latest research being undertaken as part of Kew's work in Madagascar.&nbsp;<br/>
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	 		<title>Big changes for names of algae, fungi, plants and plant fossils</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/big-changes-for-plant-names.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Botanists throw away the printing press and cancel Latin classes.<br/>
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	 		<title>Soya and the Cerrado</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/soya-and-cerrado.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Watch the video and discover how consumer choice can make a difference to conservation in the Brazilian savannas. Find out how Kew is playing a role.<br/>
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	 		<title>Name that plant! Learning Plant ID skills at Kew</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/name-that-plant.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[From 9-20 May we're running the RBG Kew Tropical Plant Identification course.&nbsp; Find out how our participants, who have travelled to Kew from all over the world, are getting on.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew&#39;s latest field expedition to the Brazilian Amazon</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/brazilian-amazon-video.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Watch the video and discover the reality of tropical fieldwork!&nbsp; Kew's Tropical America team and Brazilian counterparts explore a remote corner of the Amazon, providing important baseline information for conservation planning and management.<br/>
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	 		<title>Forests and climate change in Latin America</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/forests-and-climate-change-in-latin-america.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[William Milliken explains how Kew&rsquo;s science programme is helping to address the issues in this part of the world.<br/>
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	 		<title>Botanical challenge: Identifying specimens in Kew&#39;s Herbarium</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/southeast-asia-family-sort.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Find out how Kew botanists, specialising in the flora of southeast Asia, get together every Friday afternoon for the 'family sort' of specimens newly arrived to the Herbarium.<br/>
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	 		<title>The naming of a mistletoe</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/the-naming-of-a-mistletoe.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Find out how collaboration between mistletoe experts and the Drylands Africa team in the Herbarium resulted in a new species of mistletoe being documented.<br/>
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	 		<title>Welcome to Kew&#39;s Herbarium Blog</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/welcome-to-herbarium-blog.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Find out about the work of scientists in Kew&rsquo;s Herbarium, including their expeditions to study plant and fungal life around the world.<br/>
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	 		<title>Meet the mint family</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/meet-the-mint-family.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Learn about some of the scientific research Kew botanists are focusing on in the Lamiaceae family, and visit Kew Gardens this month to hear more about it from our volunteer guides.<br/>
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	 		<title>Daisies find a new home in Kew&#39;s Herbarium</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/daisies-find-a-new-home.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew's vast collection of herbarium specimens of the Compositae (daisy) family is now rehoused in pest-free low-temperature storage in the new wing of the Herbarium.&nbsp; <br/>
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	 		<title>Preparing for an expedition to Ethiopia</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:30:49 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/herbarium/preparing-for-expedition-in-ethiopia.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Find out about Tim's preparations for an imminent trip to Ethiopia. The team will work with Kew's partners and research the country's rarest plants.<br/>
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