GIS Unit - Vegetation mapping
Vegetation mapping employs remote sensing technology and methodologies, with ground truthing to delimit vegetation types. Accurate and updated vegetation maps are imperative for conservation planning and natural resource management.
We work on vegetation mapping in many parts of the world including Madagascar, Biak and Montserrat.
Live mapping from the Coffee and GIS team in Ethiopia
Mapping of Coffee arabica in Ethiopia's highland.
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Live mapping from Peru
Vegetation mapping and monitoring in Peru's Dry forest and Lomas Vegetation.
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Mapping Harapan plants - towards restoring habitats
Biodiversity inventory and monitoring to conserve critically threatened lowland forest in Harapan, Sumatra.
Find out more about Kew's work in Harapan
Vegetation mapping in Geelvink Bay Papua, Indonesia
Building on the strong foundation of botanical exploration and collaboration in this region, this project is mapping the vegetation of the entire Geelvink Bay region in Papua, Indonesia
More on vegetation mapping in Geelvink Bay, Papua, Indonesia
Montserrat vegetation mapping
A vegetation map has been completed for the Caribbean island of Montserrat, that was devastated by a huge volcanic eruption in 1997.
More on vegetation mapping in Montserrat
Mount Oku and Ijim Ridge
Monitoring vegetation cover changes in Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge (Cameroon), using satellite and aerial sensor detection.
More on vegetation mapping in Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge
Madagascar vegetation mapping
Madagascar vegetation Mapping project, informing conservation and decision makers.
Other GIS related projects at Kew
- Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Atlantic Forests of Brazil
- Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems (project completed 2009)
- Itremo Massif Protected Area Project
- Turks and Caicos Islands Pine Recovery Programme
- Toucan Cipó
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Study finds sixty percent of UK species in decline
22 May 2013
Kew has contributed to a groundbreaking report on the state of wildlife in the UK in time for International Day of Biological Diversity. It reveals that 60% of species studied have declined over recent decades.
Conserving Darwin's Letters
by: Eleanor Hasler, Library, Art and Archives blog 17 May 2013
Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives.
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How to Create a “Slab-Planted” Bonsai
by: Richard Kernick, Bonsai blog 13 May 2013
Richard, Kew’s bonsai specialist, and renowned bonsai expert Nobuyuki Kajiwara look into the process of creating a “slab-planted” Japanese white pine bonsai.
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Is our daily cup of coffee under threat?
08 Nov 2012
A new study from Kew suggests that Arabica coffee could be extinct in the wild within 70 years.
World's smallest waterlily brought back from the brink of extinction at Kew
18 May 2010
Kew’s top propagation ‘code-breaker’, horticulturist Carlos Magdalena, has cracked the enigma of growing a rare species of African waterlily. The 'thermal’ lily (Nymphaea thermarum) is believed to be the smallest waterlily in the world, with pads that can be as little as 1 cm in diameter.
Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to return to Australia
14 Sep 2011
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew announced today that Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen Hopper FLS will step down in autumn 2012 after six years in the job.
