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	 		<title>Study finds sixty percent of UK species in decline</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
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	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew has contributed to a groundbreaking report on the state of wildlife in the UK in time for International Day of Biological Diversity. It reveals that 60% of species studied have declined over recent decades.<br/>
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	 		<title>New initiative from Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank to protect UK trees takes root</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
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	 		<description><![CDATA[With a host of new pests and diseases attacking the United Kingdom&rsquo;s native treescape, Kew&rsquo;s Millennium Seed Bank is tackling the threat by establishing the country&rsquo;s first national collection of tree seeds &ndash; the UK National Tree Seed Project. <br/>
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			<item><guid>http://www.kew.org/news/richard-barley-head-of-horticuture.htm</guid>
	 		<title>Director of Kew Gardens’ Horticulture</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:14:21 GMT</pubDate>	 
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	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/richard-barley-head-of-horticuture.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Barley as Director of Kew Gardens&rsquo; Horticulture.<br/>
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	 		<title>Applications open for new Trustee</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:16:39 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/applications-for-new-kew-trustee.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for a position on the Kew Board of Trustees. <br/>
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	 		<title>Kew’s historic Temperate House receives £14.7m Heritage Lottery Fund grant</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/temperate-house-receives-heritage-lottery-fund-grant.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[The grant will enable vital conservation of this Grade One listed heritage building, the largest Victorian glasshouse in the world, and provide visitors with an inspiring new display, bringing  to life why plants matter.<br/>
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	 		<title>The Wakehurst Seed Festival, including the Seed Swap, at Kew&#39;s Millennium Seed Bank</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/the-millennium-seed-bank-joins-seed-swap-events.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Following the success of our Great Seed Swap, held at Wakehurst for the last two years, this year Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is hosting the Wakehurst Seed Festival, including the Seed Swap.<br/>
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	 		<title>Christine Leon awarded an MBE</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:10:45 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/chris-leon-mbe.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Christine Leon from the Sustainable Uses of Plant Group, Jodrell Laboratory,  Kew  has been awarded an MBE in the New Year&rsquo;s Honours List for services to the UK-China Science Relationship.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew is taking part in the &#39;Big Give Christmas Challenge&#39;</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/the-big-give.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[This year, Kew is taking part in the 'Big Give Christmas Challenge', a campaign to encourage philanthropic giving by matching a donors&rsquo; gift. Effectively your donation to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership could be doubled! We need to raise &pound;50,000 for next year&rsquo;s seed collecting trips, as well as expanding our work on using existing collections. <strong>Please note: This campaign ran from 6 to 19 December 2012 and has now finished.</strong><br/>
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	 		<title>Is our daily cup of coffee under threat?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/arabica-coffee-could-be-extinct.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[A new study from Kew suggests that Arabica coffee could be extinct in the wild within 70 years.<br/>
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	 		<title>Chalara dieback of ash - RBG Kew&#39;s response</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:24:55 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/chalara-dieback-of-ash.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Chalara dieback of ash, a fungal disease which threatens the species, is currently receiving much press attention in the UK. Tony Kirkham, Head of Kew's Arboretum, provides a synopsis of the disease and how Kew is responding.<br/>
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	 		<title>Madagascar’s palms near extinction</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:02:31 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/madagascar-palms-near-extinction.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Eighty three percent of Madagascar&rsquo;s palms are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of local people at risk &ndash; according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These findings draw on research undertaken by experts at Kew.<br/>
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	 		<title>UN Meeting on Biodiversity says action in support of biodiversity is urgently needed</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/un-meeting-on-biodiversity.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[As the UN Meeting on Biodiversity opens in Hyderabad, India, Kew joins representatives from over 170 countries to discuss a plan of action for protecting the planet&rsquo;s biodiversity.<br/>
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	 		<title>60 year project documenting plants of East Africa celebrated at Kew Gardens</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
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	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/flora-of-tropical-east-africa1.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[A significant milestone in East African conservation and botany will be celebrated at Kew today, to mark the completion of <em>The Flora of Tropical East Africa </em>(FTEA). This vast 60 year project involved documenting and furthering knowledge of the region&rsquo;s 12,104 wild plant species, including many plants new to science.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew and Kenyan partners go seed collecting for wild relatives of aubergine, rice and yam</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/seed-collecting-kenya.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Watch our 'fly on the wall' documentary, produced by Al Jazeera, and follow Tim Pearce and Paul Kirika in Kenya, as they secure vital seed collections for the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.<br /><br/>
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	 		<title>Richard Deverell to succeed Professor Stephen Hopper as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/richard-deverell-new-director-kew.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[The Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Deverell to succeed Professor Stephen Hopper as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  Richard will take up his post in autumn 2012.<br/>
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	 		<title>Director of Kew named in Australian Honours list</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/director-named-in-honours-list.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Professor Stephen Hopper, Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has been appointed a &lsquo;Companion of the Order of Australia&rsquo;, within the Australian Honours System.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew is recruiting a new Director</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/recruitment-of-new-director.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[After six years at Kew, the current Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen D. Hopper FLS will be returning to Australia to take up a Chair in Biodiversity at The University of Western Australia.<br /><br/>
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	 		<title>GIS surveys in New Guinea</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/gis-surveys-in-new-guinea.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew botanists have helped to survey the vegetation of Biak Island, off the north coast of New Guinea.<br/>
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	 		<title>World&#39;s first night-flowering orchid is discovered</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/night-flowering-orchid.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Botanists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis have described the first night-flowering orchid known to science on the island of New Britain, near New Guinea.<br/>
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	 		<title>Conserving British waxcap fungi</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/conserving-british-waxcap-fungi.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[A Defra-funded project at Kew is working to find out how many waxcap species there are in Britain, and to improve methods for their identification.  The results of this work should help conservationists to prioritise those species and sites which are most in need of further protection.<br/>
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