Breathing Planet Programme Strategy 5 - Save seed and prosper
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, a collaboration between Kew and 120 partners in 54 countries, has two key roles – safeguarding plant diversity by storing seed from wild species and making seed available for sustainable use in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and habitat restoration. By 2020 we will have banked seed from 25 per cent of the world’s plants, targeting species and regions most at risk from climate change such as alpine endemics, coastal species and those endemic to desertifying lands.
Read about the Save Seed And Prosper Science Projects
Millennium Seed Bank Project in South Africa
A Seed Conservation Partnership between Tanzanian Seed Conservation Organisations and the RBG Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project
Seeds of Success USA: Native Plant Materials for Conservation and Restoration
Orchid Seed Science and Sustainable Use (OSSSU)
Oxidative Stress and Death Phenomena
Maximising Seed Quality: Maturity and Post-harvest Studies
Rehydration / Priming Treatment Effects on Seed Quality (Project completed 2010)
Proteome Responses to Desiccation in Magnolia ovata Seeds (project completed 2011)
Comparative Longevity (Orthodox Seeds)
Reinforcing cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and the European Research Area (BOT-ERA)
Scientific Research & Data
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