Our Sponsors & Partners

Find out more about the sponsors and partners who worked together with Kew to help make this project happen.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Kew is the world’s premier botanic garden and institute for the study of plant diversity, with unrivalled collections of living and preserved plant specimens, world-class research laboratories and a range of scientific and conservation projects spanning the globe.

It is a non-departmental public body with exempt charitable status, and about half of Kew’s running costs are provided by Defra. Over one million people visit Kew each year. The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is:

To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.

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The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum, London, is one of the world’s great museums and the foremost resource for natural science, home to the largest and most important natural history collection in the world, with over 300 scientists studying 70 million specimens ranging from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons, minerals and meteorites.

It is a non-departmental public body with exempt charitable status, and speaks as a voice of authority on the natural world. It is one of the top visitor attractions in the UK, with more than four million visitors a year. Its vision is:

To advance our knowledge of the natural world, inspiring better care of our planet.

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network and home of the definitive international standard for species extinction risk – the IUCN Red List.

It is a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and almost 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries, IUCN's vision is for: