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
An integrated approach to Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae)
The Dalbergioid Legumes (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)
Darwin Initiative Assessment of the Coastal Biodiversity of Anegada, British Virgin Islands - Project completed (2003-06)
Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems
(project completed 2009)
Database of Kew’s holdings of herbarium specimens of conifers
Database for UK Fungi of Conservation Importance - COMPLETED 2011
Dendrobium of Borneo
Improving the Identification, Handling and Storage of ‘Difficult’ Seeds
Diversity and Conservation of Madagascar Palms
Assessing and conserving plant diversity in commercially managed tropical rainforests in Sabah - COMPLETED 2010.
Scientific Research & Data
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