Building a global network - Kew's work across Africa
Kew's projects in West Africa
Kew is helping to save plants and habitats in West Africa and empower local communities.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership - our projects in Africa
Kew supports partners across the continent to collect the seeds of plants under threat and look after habitats most at risk. We use the plant specimen collections located in Kew’s herbarium, together with other information sources, to work out the species and regions in most need of protection.
Kew's projects in Southern Africa
Kew has worked in Southern Africa for many years, and we have built a network of successful partnerships and projects in this region. By recording the variety of plant life in Southern Africa we identify threatened species and regions and help save plant life and habitats under threat.
Kew's projects in East Africa
Kew works to record the diversity of plant life across the region and help conserve the species most at risk.
Kew's projects across Africa
By recording the variety of plant life across Africa we identify threatened species and regions and help save plant life and habitats under threat.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Republic of South Africa
Plant species around the world are becoming extinct more than ever before and at an increasing rate. Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership in South Africa is working to safeguard valuable plant species that are at risk. The seeds being collected will provide an insurance against losing precious species in the wild.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership - Tanzania
Tanzania has a vast wealth of plant diversity and includes species with a global market appeal such as the African Violet (Saintpaulia spp.). Like the disappearing glaciers of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania's plant wealth is under threat from land clearance, a rapidly expanding population and climate change. We are working with our partners in Tanzania to help develop their capacity to save this plant life.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Namibia
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership is carrying out vital work in Namibia to save plant life under threat and habitats at risk. Namibia has an extremely dry climate which poses a challenge to plant survival. Collecting and storing seeds in Namibia will help to prevent plant loss in the wild and secure plant diversity for the future.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership - Mali
In many African countries such as Mali, plants play a vital role in helping human populations survive. Drought and overexploitation often lead to a shortage of plants that are most useful to man. By identifying and conserving seeds from such plants we can ensure against their loss in the wild and restore the dwindling habitats.
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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