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Conserving Darwin's Letters
by: Eleanor Hasler, Library, Art and Archives blog17 May 2013
Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives.
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New initiative from Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank to protect UK trees takes root
10 May 2013
With a host of new pests and diseases attacking the United Kingdom’s native treescape, Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank is tackling the threat by establishing the country’s first national collection of tree seeds – the UK National Tree Seed Project.
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Mapping Coffee in Ethiopia part one
by: Paul Little, GIS team blog16 Apr 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 one of his diary of the trip.
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The 'Orchid King' and his army
by: Elisabeth Thurlow, Library, Art and Archives blog25 Feb 2013
Read about the dangers of orchid collecting as Kew's graduate trainee repackages a collection of letters held in the Kew Gardens' Archives.
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Exploring new frontiers!
by: Helen Hartley, Library, Art and Archives blog04 Feb 2013
The Director's Correspondence Digitisation Team is embarking on a new project. Join us as we journey back in time to 19th Century North America to uncover more tales of exploration, discovery and tragedy.
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Is our daily cup of coffee under threat?
08 Nov 2012
A new study from Kew suggests that Arabica coffee could be extinct in the wild within 70 years.
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Wax wonders
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog05 Nov 2012
In the Victorian period, creating wax models of flowers was both a ladylike craft, and an important tool for botanical communication.
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Meet Nathaniel Wallich through his digital archive
by: Helen Hartley, Library, Art and Archives blog02 Dec 2011
This week sees the publication of a new website, funded by the World Collections Programme, which reunites collections relating to the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. Find out more about the man himself in the Directors' Correspondence collection.
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How Google helped Kew to put Mount Mabu on the conservation map
05 Oct 2011
In the week that Google celebrates some of the new scientific discoveries enabled by Google Earth, Kew looks back to 2005 when a team of scientists, led by Kew's Jonathan Timberlake, found the hidden paradise of Mount Mabu in Mozambique.
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Soya and the Cerrado
by: William Milliken, Herbarium blog27 Jul 2011
Watch the video and discover how consumer choice can make a difference to conservation in the Brazilian savannas. Find out how Kew is playing a role.
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