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.
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Plant story - Paraisometrum mileense, an "extinct" plant rediscovered
01 Jan 2010
A wild population of Paraisometrum mileense, thought to be extinct in the wild for 100 years, has been rediscovered in Yunnan, China by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - British cornflower a native UK plant species, is under threat from modern agricultural methods
01 Jan 2010
In the 1930's the British cornflower was widespread but by the 1990s this plant species was found in only three of the 10 km grid-squares surveyed, possibly the most dramatic decline of any of our native wildflowers.
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Plant story - protecting the future of Erica verticillata
01 Jan 2010
Erica verticillata was last seen in the wild in 1908 and was, until 1984, thought to be extinct. It has since been found and re-established thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - the surprising collection of Iris nigricans
01 Jan 2010
Find out how the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership collection team in Jordon found Iris nigricans while taking a coffee break.
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Plant story - Iris sofarana, an endemic plant species from the higher mountains in Lebanon
01 Jan 2010
The showy flowers of Iris sofarana make it vulnerable to unlicensed collecting, for personal and commercial use.
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Plant story - a newly discovered species of Dioscorea has been collected and saved
01 Jan 2010
This Dioscorea (yam) species is scarce because it has been over-collected for medicinal use. A newly discovered species of Dioscorea has now been collected and saved by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - Dalea azurea has been given new lease of life by Millennium Seed Bank partners in Chile
01 Jan 2010
Dalea azurea is an endangered plant species restricted to only one valley in the area of Paposo, in the Atacama Region in Chile. The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is helping to protect this plant for our future.
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Plant story - Banksia solandri has been conserved
01 Jan 2010
Banksia solandri has been conserved by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership's Australian partners. This plant species is in decline due to fire and disease.
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Plant story - finding snow protea
01 Jan 2010
Find out how snow protea (Protea cryophila) was lost and found thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - endangered plant capeflats conebush has been successfully collected for conservation
01 Jan 2010
Capeflats conebush (Leucadendron levisanus) is endemic to the western Cape area of South Africa and is Critically Endangered. The seed of this plant species is now safely stored in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.
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