People
Way, Michael
| Job Title | International Coordinator (Americas) |
|---|---|
| Department | Seed Conservation |
| Section | Seed Conservation Department |
| Science Teams |
Drylands: Tropical America Millennium Seed Bank Project |
| Joined Kew | 1993 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Portuguese, Spanish |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Applied and Environmental Biology, Univ. York, 1988
Overseas Fieldwork Committee (RBG Kew)
Awards committee, Kew Latin America Fellowships
Role
Developing and managing seed conservation projects with partners in Mexico, Chile and USA; access and benefit-sharing; seed-collection training.
Responsible for the development and management of operational partnerships between RBG Kew and Americas partners (currently in USA, Mexico and Chile) within the framework of the Millennium Seed Bank Project. Main duties include: co-ordinating the negotiation of access and benefit-sharing agreements between Kew and partner institutions, and managing project country-budgets for the Americas; overseeing in-country project staff and line-managing the Latin American Programme Officer; co-ordinating all Seed Conservation Department and wider RBG Kew inputs into local seed conservation projects in the Americas; building local plant conservation capacity through active participation in in-country projects, specialising in science and practice of seed collecting. Contributing to the development of best practice in fieldwork, plant conservation, access and benefit-sharing and habitat restoration through participation in RBG Kew committees and work groups.
Projects
Ex situ Conservation of Plant Germplasm from Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Mexico
Ex Situ Conservation of Threatened Chilean Flora Through Propagation
Kew Latin America Research Fellowships
MSB Enhancement Project Part 1A – Species Targeting
Seeds of Success USA: Native Plant Materials for Conservation and Restoration
Theme: Climate and Reproductive Biology
World Checklist of Malpighiales
Selected Publications 2001-2005
León-Lobos, P., Way, M., Pritchard, H., Moreira, A., León, M. & Casado, F. (2003). Conservación ex situ en banco de semillas de la Flora Chile, Chloris Chilensis Año 6, No 1. [http:www.chlorischile.cl]
Way, M.J. (2003). Collecting seed from non-domesticated plants for long-term conservation’. In Smith, R.D., Dickie, J.B., Linington, S.H., Pritchard, H.W. & Probert, R.J. (eds) Seed Conservation: turning science into practice. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 163-201.
Figueroa, J.A., León-Lobos, P., Caviares, L.A., Pritchard, H. & Way, M. (2004). Ecofisología de semillas en ambientes contrastantes de Chile: un gradiente desde ecosistemas desérticos a templados-húmedos. In Cabrera, H.N. (ed) Fisiología de plantas- Mecanismos y respuestas a estrés en los ecosistemas. Chile: Ediciones Universidad Valparaíso. 81-98.
Gold, K., Leon-Lobos, P. & Way, M.J. (2004). Manual de recoleccion de semillas de plantas silvestres para conservacion a largo plazo y restauracion ecologica. La Serena, Chile: Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias.