The British Virgin Islands
Pokemeboy - Acacia anagadense
The work in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was able to take advantage of an existing Darwin Initiative project jointly organised by Kew, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Marine Turtle Conservation Group. This work was confined to one island, Anegada, and involved vegetation survey, bird census and turtle monitoring work.
Psychilis macconelliae
The main partners in territory are the BVI National Parks Authority and the government's Fisheries and Conservation Department. Steve Alton's visit, in November 2003, was able to tap into the existing network established through the Darwin project, and training in seed collection was carried out as part of a larger training exercise. In addition to work on Anegada, some collecting was also undertaken on the island of Virgin Gorda.