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Mapping Coffee in Ethiopia part two
by: Paul Little, GIS team blog08 May 2013
Kew photographer Paul Little has just returned from accompanying a field trip to the Highlands of Ethiopia to research the impact of climate change on the vital coffee crop. Read part two of his diary of the trip.
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Harapan memories and take-away thoughts
by: Jenny Williams & Marie Briggs, GIS team blog20 Aug 2012
Kew staff reminisce on time well spent in the Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra, with a summary of their GIS field mapping, personal accounts and photographs.
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Kew's latest field expedition to the Brazilian Amazon
by: William Milliken, Herbarium blog12 Apr 2011
Watch the video and discover the reality of tropical fieldwork! Kew's Tropical America team and Brazilian counterparts explore a remote corner of the Amazon, providing important baseline information for conservation planning and management.
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Kew Views - watch our new film about plants and climate change
21 Mar 2011
Meet some of Kew's plant experts and find about more about the impact that climate change is having on the health of the world's plant life. Discover why plants have such a vital role to play in slowing the pace of climate change, and see how Kew's global science and conservation work is helping to carve a brighter future for both people and plants.
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Botanical challenge: Identifying specimens in Kew's Herbarium
by: Gemma Bramley, Herbarium blog18 Jan 2011
Find out how Kew botanists, specialising in the flora of southeast Asia, get together every Friday afternoon for the 'family sort' of specimens newly arrived to the Herbarium.
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Misfortune in paradise
by: Caroline Wakeham, Library, Art and Archives blog30 Mar 2010
Read about one 19th Century botanist's run of bad luck while collecting plants in Latin America. Every botanist has a different story to tell, although not always a happy one.
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A bumper year for Kew in new species discovery
22 Dec 2009
Canopy giants and miniature fungi are among over 250 new species discovered in Kew’s 250th anniversary year
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Kew's plant hunters discover new plant life in the rainforests of Cameroon
11 Aug 2009
The great rainforests of Africa are some of the most species-rich natural habitats in the world and we found many new and exciting plants on our recent expedition there.
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Kew is working with local people to help save rainforests in Cameroon
11 Aug 2009
By providing scientific support of international standing, Kew is helping local communities to protect their natural heritage.
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