People
Pearce, Laura
| Job Title | Herbarium Assistant |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Regional Teams |
| Science Teams |
Wet Tropics: Africa |
| Joined Kew | 2005 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Intermediate French and basic Spanish |
Qualifications & Appointments
HND, Horticulture with Plantsmanship, RBG Edinburgh & Scottish Agricultural College, 2000
MSc, Plant Diversity (Taxonomy and Evolution Stream) Univ. Reading, 2003
Role
Curation of families assigned to Wet Tropics Africa team, IUCN Conservation Assessments, and Checklist production.
Herbarium curation duties. Producing conservation posters on endangered Cameroonian plants, presented to NGOs, government officials and educational bodies. Aid in the production of IUCN Red Data assessments for taxa occurring in Cameroon checklists.
Projects
Guinea-Conakry: Developing a National Herbarium and Survey of the Simandou Range
Mefou Proposed National Park, Cameroon: A Conservation Checklist