Conservation and climate change news
Plants have an essential role to play in mitigating the effects of climate change, because they take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Conversely, if forests are destroyed by burning, then carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere. Deforestation accounts for about one fifth of the world’s carbon emissions.
However, plants are threatened by environmental changes including climate change. Conserving plants is therefore critical to any sustainable solution to environmental change.
Kew's work in this area | Adopt a seed for £25 and help Kew protect plant life
Kew's cuttings from one of the world's rarest plants have finally produced seed
25 Sep 2009
Kew's scientists have propagated café marron seedlings and sent them back to their native Mauritius.
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Help Kew save 25% of the world's plants by 2020
24 Sep 2009
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank will soon celebrate a global landmark - conserving 10% of the world’s plants.
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Kew's projects in the UK
22 Sep 2009
Find out how Kew's scientists are recording and conserving plant and fungal life in the UK.
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Kew's projects in Madagascar and Mascarenes
22 Sep 2009
Kew's scientists use a variety of specialist techniques to record and protect endangered species.
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Kew's projects across South East Asia and Indochina
22 Sep 2009
Kew is leading a number of projects to identify and protect plants in this extremely biodiverse region.
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Kew's projects across continental Europe
21 Sep 2009
Kew is working with partners across the region to create and share valuable plant information.
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Kew's projects in Central and North America
21 Sep 2009
Kew is undertaking vital work to protect plant life and habitats under threat in this region.
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Kew's projects across the Caribbean and North Atlantic Ocean
21 Sep 2009
Kew's teams are working closely with local communities to protect the region's most threatened habitats.
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Kew's projects in Brazil
20 Sep 2009
Kew's work in Brazil is helping to understand and protect the diversity of plant life in the region and assist communities to use native plants sustainably.
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Kew's projects in South Central Africa
20 Sep 2009
Our projects in this region are helping to identify plant species at risk, and saving threatened and useful wild plants in Malawi.
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