The Millennium Seed Bank - more seed projects
The projects below are related to seed germination and seed banking, and are managed by Millennium Seed Bank staff.
Community Tree Seeds project
This project is aimed at enhancing the role and capacity of institutes in sub-Saharan Africa to assist with the conservation and sustainable use of native tree seeds of community value.
Cryopreservation Network
The aim of this project is to create a network that brings together European scientists with an expertise and / or interest in plant cryopreservation for the development of efficient cryopreservation procedures.
'Difficult' Seeds project
Kew and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) are working with seed banks in Africa to conserve plants used for food and agriculture, but which are difficult to conserve and/or use.
European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET)
This project aims to optimise seed conservation practices and avoid the extinction of native species from Europe.The network aims to make best use of time and resources by reducing the duplication of effort.
European Native Seed Conservation Network
Extinct Plants project
This project takes seeds from old Herbarium sheets and attempts to resurrect species which are now extinct in the wild
Orchid Seed Stores project
Orchids are being over-collected and many are threatened with extinction. This project aims to establish orchid seed banking around the globe using conventional seed banking techniques.
Palm Seed Network
A network bringing together scientists from around the world working on palm seed biology research.
Useful Plants project
This project aims to increase the capacity of local communities to store and propagate plant species that are most useful to their wellbeing.
