People
Alton, Steve
| Job Title | Seed Donations Officer |
|---|---|
| Department | Seed Conservation |
| Section | Collecting |
| Science Teams |
United Kingdom UK Overseas Territories Millennium Seed Bank Project |
| Joined Kew | 1997 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons) Biology, Univ. of York, 1988
Role
Development and management of seed conservation projects with partners in New Zealand, Mauritius, the UK and its Overseas Territories.
Responsible for the development and management of partnerships between RBG Kew and organisations in countries not covered by the Millennium Seed Bank Project’s major ABSA-mediated Country Projects. Main duties include: seeking out and subsequently co-ordinating collaborations between Kew and partner institutions; building local plant conservation capacity through training and advice provision; seeking and subsequently administering external sources of funding, where necessary, to facilitate the above; managing, supporting and encouraging the involvement of local staff and volunteers in on-going seed conservation projects.
Projects
Darwin Initiative Assessment of the Coastal Biodiversity of Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Developing Ex Situ Conservation Collections of UKOTs Species In-Territory and at Kew
Plant Diversity Challenge: the Official UK Response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Alton, S. & Linington, S. (2001). The UK Flora Programme of the Millennium Seed Bank Project: the outcome of a collaboration between volunteers and professionals. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter (128): 1-10.
Alton, S. (2004). The Millennium Seed Bank Project international programme. Journal of Botanic Gardens Conservation International 1 (1): 15-16.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Alton, S. (1998). The Millennium Seed Bank Project. British Wildlife 9(6).