Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership is helping to save plant life worldwide. Our focus is on plants and habitats at risk and plants of use in the future.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership is the largest ex situ plant conservation project in the world. Our focus is on global plant life faced with the threat of extinction and plants of most use for the future. The seeds we save are conserved outside their native habitat.
Working with our network of partners across 50 countries, we have successfully banked 10% of the world's wild plant species. With your help, we are going to save 25% by 2020. We target plants and regions most at risk from climate change and the ever-increasing impact of human activities.
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News from the MSBP
Kew's work is helping to combat climate change and plants are essential in this effort
As world leaders sit down to discuss the future of our planet in Copenhagen this week, Kew believes that plants have never been more essential in combating climate change. Our Breathing Planet Programme plays a vital role in protecting some of the richest and most naturally diverse places on the planet, helping to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.
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The next big challenge for Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership will continue to focus on those parts of the world which are home to some of the world’s poorest people, and where plant diversity is tightly bound to people’s livelihoods.
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Kew's unique Latin American Directors' Correspondence collection is available online
Kew's Archive contains scientific correspondence received by Kew's Directors and senior staff from around 1841 to the 1940s. This unique collection is now available via subscription to researchers and academics online.
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A bumper year for Kew in new species discovery
Canopy giants and miniature fungi are among over 250 new species discovered in Kew’s 250th anniversary year
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Colombian curiosities in the Directors' Correspondence at Kew
01 Feb 2010
Read about Robert Blake White's travels in Colombia, the ancient artefacts he collected and the ideas he picked up about gardening in synchronisation with the phases of the moon.
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Kew is helping to restore plant life and native habitats on remote islands in the Indian Ocean
25 Jan 2010
A Kew scientist is spending two weeks on a ship to explore the status of plant life on islands of the Chagos Archipelago and help restore native habitats. Some areas have not been visited by botanists for more than 30 years.
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Our partners and projects
Explore our global map and find out more about the Millennium Seed Bank partnerships around the world.
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Visit Kew's Millennium Seed Bank to find out more about the power of plants and see our scientists in action.
