Breathing Planet Programme Strategy 1 - Diversity Challenge
We are discovering, collating and accelerating global access to essential information on plant and fungal diversity, through fundamental science, enhanced collection programmes and data-capture, including baseline information, applied Geographical Information Systems and novel identification tools such as web-based floras and DNA barcoding.
BPP 1 embraces the full breadth of the work in the generation of knowledge about plant and fungal diversity for which Kew is widely recognised. This strategy also embraces new approaches to managing and disseminating information in order to maximize the impact of our curation and research and provide much of the foundation on which the remaining Breathing Planet Programme strategies rely. Working with botanists around the world, we are sharing our knowledge and data through our website.
Read about the projects that are helping to meet the diversity challenge
Plant DNA C-Values Database
Plant Information for Northeast Brazil (Project completed 2009)
Pollen of the Cercideae
Pollen Evolution
Pollen of Polygalaceae
(project completed 2008)
Population Genetics of UK Orchids
Proteome Responses to Desiccation in Magnolia ovata Seeds (project completed 2011)
In Vitro Methods for the Conservation of Endemic Species
Reinforcing cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and the European Research Area (BOT-ERA)
Repatriation of Herbarium Data for Northeastern Brazil (Project completed 2009)
Scientific Research & Data
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