Building a global network
Our global network of partnerships is helping to protect plants at risk worldwide and supporting communities to use local natural resources sustainably. Our world leading science work also drives discoveries across plant science and investigates new uses of plants for the future.
Explore our projects around the world and find out how Kew is making real difference on the ground.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Botswana
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership is working in Botswana to help safeguard wild plant species. Climate change and human activities are contributing factors that are threatening plant life. By sharing knowledge, developing local facilities and increasing conservation skills we can help reach our goal of saving Botswana’s wild plants.
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership - Burkina Faso
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership is working in Burkina Faso to help safeguard wild plant species. Combined efforts will make direct contributions to national and global conservation programmes, the results of which include helping to maintain the wellbeing of local populations.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Chile
Seed banks provide an insurance policy against the loss of plants in the wild and provide options for their future use. Seed banking is vital as part of our conservation efforts in Chile where several plant species found nowhere else are on the brink of extinction.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership - China
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and partners in China are working together to conserve flora in one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Home to many plants found nowhere else, China’s rapid development is placing some species under threat.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Continental Europe
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership seeks to safeguard the world’s wild plant species. To optimise conservation efforts, networks and collaborations have been established and Kew is working hard to maintain conservation efforts closer to home as well as worldwide.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Jordan
Threats to plant survival in Jordan include drought, agriculture, and the rapid increase of the population. The partnership is working hard to protect the spectacular and wide range of plant species which human populations depend on.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Lebanon
Population pressure, urbanisation and the aftermath of the civil war are the main threats to biodiversity in Lebanon. Collecting and storing seeds of plant species that are at risk provides insurance against the loss of these endangered plants in the wild.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Kenya
Many populations, particularly in Africa continue to have a strong dependancy on plants for food, medicine and a host of other uses. Working with farmers groups, community-led nurseries and government agencies, the Millennium Seed Bank has been working in Kenya to collect, conserve and use seed from a wide range of "useful" and threatened species.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Madagascar
Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island but seems to have a whole continent's worth of plant diversity on it. However, habitat loss and overexploitation are posing serious threats to this unique island. Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership is saving seeds for both future security of the species and also for immediate land rehabilitation.
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership - Malawi
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership is carrying out conservation work in Malawi to save threatened plant life. Collecting and storing seeds in Malawi will help to prevent plant loss in the wild and secure plant diversity for the future.
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