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Last chance to enter IGPOTY 2011
by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog21 Nov 2011
Have you entered IGPOTY 2011 yet? If not, time is running out. Here, Philip Smith tells you everything you need to know, together with a run through of next year's exhibitions.
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Monitoring the effect of an invasive pine scale insect on the national tree of the Turks and Caicos Islands
by: Sara Green, UK Overseas Territories team blog21 Nov 2011
While an introduced scale insect devastates the Caicos pine in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Sara Green, a Conservation Science MSc student from Imperial College, London investigated the impact that the insect is having on the tree’s habitat and the effectiveness of different techniques of controlling this pest.
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Botanical survey doubles the known flora of Lunda Norte, Angola
21 Nov 2011
A rapid survey of three river catchments in a remote area of Angola has provided reasons for their designation under the Angolan Protected Areas Expansion Strategy.
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Conserving British waxcap fungi
18 Nov 2011
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.
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Plant remains tell a two thousand year story of landscape change
14 Nov 2011
Archaeological plant remains from an environmentally degraded valley in the deserts of southern Peru reveal the rise and fall of agricultural production.
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Join Kew experts on an expedition to Central America
10 Nov 2011
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.
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Introducing our new Library Graduate Trainee
by: Debora Hodgson, Library, Art and Archives blog09 Nov 2011
Read about our new Library Graduate Trainee and all that her role entails.
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The beauty or the beast?
by: Marcelo Sellaro, Tropical Nursery blog07 Nov 2011
Join Marcelo Sellaro as he explores the fascinating world of the titan arum.
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Palms as a model for rainforest evolution
07 Nov 2011
The first complete genus-level dated phylogeny of palms reveals insights into the evolution of rainforests.
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Fruits and leaves of autumn
by: Tony Hall, Arboretum team blog04 Nov 2011
Tony Hall shares his favourite fruits and leaves from this autumn's show.
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