Building a global network - Kew's work across South America

Seed collecting in Chile

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.


Measuring forest trees in the southern Amazon

Kew's projects in Brazil

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.


Oliver Whaley interviewing community member at Huarangal

Kew's projects in Peru

Kew is working with local partners to help restore degraded areas and conserve native vegetation.


Pressing plants in Bolivia

Kew's projects in Bolivia

In Bolivia Kew has been working with local partners to identify conservation priorities, to support the development of protected areas and to catalogue the extraordinary diversity of the country's Compositae (daisy) family.