Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme
The Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme enables Brazilian botanical
illustrators in the UK. Until recently it has also provided fellowships for botanical research. This has made a highly
significant contribution to the furtherance of plant science, sustainability,
biodiversity and the conservation and preservation of the Amazon
and Atlantic Rain Forests of Brazil.
The Programme was inspired by the achievements of Margaret Mee, the world
famous botanical artist whose work has done much to draw the attention
of the world to the importance of the flora of the Amazon rainforest.
Sixty of Margaret Mee's pictures, the 'Amazon Collection', were
acquired for deposit in perpetuity at Kew; they have been displayed
at exhibitions at Kew, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, and in the
United States.
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