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	 		<title>Kew&#39;s Millennium Seed Bank joins seed swap events</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
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	 		<description><![CDATA[Following the success of our Great Seed Swap, held at Wakehurst on 17 September 2011, Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is supporting seed swap events around Sussex and further afield this year.<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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	 		<title>Join Kew experts on an expedition to Central America</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/join-kew-experts-on-a-voyage-of-discovery-to-central-america.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Discover the remotest corners of Central America and the Caribbean with Kew scientists on a small expedition ship. An amazing discovery and adventure opportunity for members and Friends of Kew.<br/>
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	 		<title>Trust’s link-up with Kew offers hope for endangered butterfly</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/hope-for-endangered-butterfly1.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Specialists from Kew and Durham Wildlife Trust are working together to help save the endangered small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly in County Durham.<br/>
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	 		<title>How Google helped Kew to put Mount Mabu on the conservation map</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/mount-mabu.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[In the week that Google celebrates some of the new scientific discoveries enabled by Google Earth, Kew looks back to 2005 when a team of scientists, led by Kew's Jonathan Timberlake, found the hidden paradise of Mount Mabu in Mozambique.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew Patrons take tour of the Conservation Biotechnology Laboratory</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/patrons-tour-conservation-biotechnology-laboratory.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew Patrons go behind the scenes for an exclusive tour of Kew&rsquo;s innovative conservation laboratory and get a glimpse of some of the world&rsquo;s most endangered plants.<br/>
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	 		<title>Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to return to Australia</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/director-returns-to-australia.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew announced today that Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen Hopper FLS will step down in autumn 2012 after six years in the job.<br/>
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	 		<title>Sowing the seeds of UK biodiversity - Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank launches UK Native Seed Hub</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:34:18 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/uk-seed-hub.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew launches the UK Native Seed Hub at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst &ndash; an initiative that draws on the Millennium Seed Bank&rsquo;s extensive collection of UK native seeds, as well as its horticultural and scientific expertise to support the UK seed industry, conservation groups and other organisations working to restore native plants to the UK countryside.<br/>
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	 		<title>Start@Kew, a fun-filled interactive family eco-extravaganza!</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/start-at-kew1.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Start, an initiative by HRH The Prince of Wales to inspire the UK public to take simple steps towards achieving more sustainable living, is delighted to announce Start@Kew, a five day event at Kew Gardens full of simple ideas to get you started.<br/>
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	 		<title>Tree planting in Africa</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:04:43 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/tree-planting-in-africa.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is helping with tree propagation and planting schemes in Africa. During 2010, nearly 62,000 seedlings of 203 tree species were produced in the initiative.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew Scientist issue 39 is published</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-scientist-issue-39.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Issue 39 of Kew Scientist, our science and conservation newsletter, is now available and has the International Year of Forests 2011 as one of its themes.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew to be involved in the new INQUIRE education project</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/inquire-education-project.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew is delighted to be a partner in INQUIRE, a pan-European project which aims to reinvigorate inquiry-based science education.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew supporters celebrate the publication of &#39;The last great plant hunt - the story of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank&#39;</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/millennium-seed-bank-book-launch.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew's newest book title was given a great launch with authors, supporters of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank and staff attending a celebratory party in the Nash Conservatory, to welcome the book's publication.<br/>
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	 		<title>Kew&#39;s garden at Chelsea is revealed</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-at-chelsea-revealed.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew's garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2011 showcases the significance of plants to science and society, through an eye-catching and innovative design by Chelsea gold medallist Marcus Barnett. See more photos of the garden on Kew's Flickr page and tell us what you think!<br/>
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	 		<title>Palm Phylogenetics and Exhibition</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 10:31:21 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/palm-phylogenetics-and-exhibition.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew botanists have collaborated in publishing the most comprehensive phylogeny of arecoid palms, and have also helped to produce a major new exhibition on palms, opening in Berlin on 20 May 2011.<br /><br/>
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	 		<title>Kew Views - Why does plant diversity matter?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/kew-views-plant-diversity-film.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[In the run-up to the International Day of Biological Diversity 2011, people working behind the scenes at Kew reflect upon the importance of plant diversity and how their work is helping to safeguard plants at risk.<br/>
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	 		<title>Conserving the legume giants of Tropical Africa</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 10:28:51 GMT</pubDate>	 
	 		<author>webteam@kew.org (Kew)</author>
	 		<link>http://www.kew.org/news/conserving-legume-giants-of-tropical-africa.htm</link>
	 		<description><![CDATA[Kew scientists are documenting the giant legume trees that dominate the forests of Tropical Africa. Among three genera recently studied, 25% of the species are new to science.<br/>
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