Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership - More partners and research collaborators

Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership has built up a network of partners and research collaborators in many countries around the world. This network is helping to save plant life under threat for our future.

Barry Greig from the Devonian Botanic Garden, Canada, collecting Pinus flexilis in the Eastern Rockies.

Other places in the world where we work

Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership has a wide range of contacts in many countries. We have bilateral collaboration agreements on seed collecting and conservation with the following institutes in addition to those highlighted elsewhere:

Devonian Botanic Garden, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
Agricultural Research Organisation, Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel Plant Gene Bank (IGB), ISRAEL
Universidad de la Molina, PERU

Our research collaborators

Kew’s SCD also has active science collaborations with over 100 institutions in 60 countries, including the EU-funded COST Action 871 on the cryo-preservation of crop species in Europe, and COST Action FA0901 on halophytes and is part of the British Council-funded agreement for Anglo-French-German research into seed quality.

Further collaborative research contacts include the following institutes:

Argentina, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Buenos Aires
Argentina, University of Buenos Aires
Australia, NSW Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney at Mount Annan
Australia, QLD Greening Australia
Australia, QLD Griffith University
Australia, QLD The University of Queensland
Australia, WA Murdoch University
Australia, WA The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority at Kings Park, Perth
Australia, WA University of Western Australia
Austria, Karl-Franzens University of Graz
Belgium, Gembloux University
Belgium, Univ Leuven
Belgium, Université catholique de Louvain
Belgium, Université catholique de Louvain
Benin, Unité de Recherches Forestières (URF)
Bolivia, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno (UAGRM).
Botswana, Botswana College of Agriculture
Botswana, Veld Products Research and Development
Brazil, Universidade do Oeste Paulista
Brazil, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)
Bulgaria, Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Bulgaria, University of Sofia
Burkina Faso, Centre National de Semences Forestières (CNSF)
Canada, Devonian Botanic Garden
Cape Verde, Institut Nacional de Investigacas Agraria (INIDA)
Chile, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA)
Chile, Ministerio de Agricultura
China, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing
China, Kunming Institute of Botany
Columbia, Cali Botanical Garden and Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
Costa Rica, Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica
Cuba, Universidad de Pinar del Río
Czech Republic, University of Warsaw
Denmark, University of Copenhagen
Equador, Jardín Botánico de Quito
Equador, Universidad de Cuenca
Ethiopia, Forestry Research Center (FRC)
Finland, University of Oulu
France, INRA, Laboratory of Seed Biology, Versailles
France, IRD Montpellier
France, James Aronson Restoration Ecology Group CEFE/CNRS
France, University of Angers
France, University of Pierre et Marie Curie
France, University of Provence
Germany, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Germany, Justus-Liebig-University
Germany, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Germany, Universität Bielefeld
Germany, University of Freiburg
Ghana, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
Greece, National Agricultural Research Foundation
Guatemala, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Guyana, University of Guyana
Hungary, Laszlo Szabados Institute of Plant Biology,
India, Botanic Garden of Indian Republic
Indonesia, Bogor Botanic Garden, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Israel, A.R.O. Gilat Research Center
Israel, Tel Aviv University
Italy, Forestry Ministry
Italy, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
Italy, University of Catania
Kenya, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
Kenya, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)
Kenya, Kenyatta University
Madagascar, Silo National des Graines Forestières (SNGF)
Malawi, Forestry Research Institute of Malawi
Mali, Institut d'Économie Rurale (IER)
Mali, Programme Ressources Forestières (IER / CRRA)
Mexico, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. México
Mexico, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
New Zealand, Massey University
Niger, Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger (INRAN)
Nigeria, Reforestation Project, Obafemi, Awolowo University
Norway, Norwegian Crop Research Institute
Norway, University of Bergen
Peru, Universidad de la Molina
Phillipines, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Poland, Institute of Dendrology Poznan
Poland, Institute of Ecology and Environment Protection
Poland, University of Warsaw
Portugal, Universidade de Coimbra
Republic of Macedonia, Institute of Agriculture
Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan
Singapore, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Slovak Republic, Slovak Agricultural University
Slovenia, Agriculatural Institute of Slovenia
South Africa, Lowveld National Botanical Garden
South Africa, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
South Africa, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
Spain, Universidad Castellon de la Plana
Spain, Universidad de Valencia
Spain, University of Salamanca
Sweden, Stockholm University
Tanzania, Tanzania Tree Seed Agency
Thailand, Mahidol University
The Netherlands, Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan
The Netherlands, Wageningen Agricultural University
Togo, Direction des Eaux et Forets (DEF)
Uganda, National Tree Seed Centre (NTSC)
United Kingdom, Central Science Laboratories
United Kingdom,, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
United Kingdom University College London
United Kingdom, University of Birmingham
United Kingdom, University of Cranfield
United Kingdom, University of Kent
United Kingdom, University of Luton
United Kingdom, University of Manchester
United Kingdom, University of Sussex
USA, Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG)
USA, Southern University of Illinois
USA, USDA, Fort Collins
Vietnam, Da Lat Institute of Biology
International: Orchid Conservation International; IUCN OSG