Breathing Planet Programme Strategy 4 - Local plants for local people
Kew’s pioneering research into the biology, chemistry and cultivation of wild plants is helping to identify and grow species that can provide new sources of food, medicine, and a range of other benefits. This expertise is helping people in some of the world’s poorest regions and those most vulnerable to climate change, to choose suitable wild plants for cultivation.
Read about the Local Plants For Local People projects
Red Data Book & Teachers' Guide, Cameroon
Reinforcing cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and the European Research Area (BOT-ERA)
Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Atlantic Forests of Brasil
Rubiaceae of Brazil
Salvia (Lamiaceae)
Caesalpinioid woodlands of southern Africa: optimising the indigenous use of pesticidal plants (Southern African Pesticidal Plants project – SAPP)
(project completed 2009)
Science and Horticulture Systems
Searching for the Hosts of Coffee Berry Borer
Seeds for Life
Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL)
Scientific Research & Data
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