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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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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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Celebrating David Livingstone's Bicentenary
by: Lorna Cahill, Library, Art and Archives blog19 Mar 2013
To celebrate the bicentenary of African explorer David Livingstone, the Archives team reveal his connection to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and how you can see more of his letters online.
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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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Christine Leon awarded an MBE
10 Jan 2013
Christine Leon from the Sustainable Uses of Plant Group, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to the UK-China Science Relationship.
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Everard Im Thurn and the 'lost world'
by: Katherine Harrington, Library, Art and Archives blog11 Dec 2012
We take a look at the varied career of Everard Im Thurn through his correspondence with the Directors of Kew, and find out about his exploration of the 'lost world' of Mount Roraima in British Guiana.
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On the murder of Dr Charles Budd Robinson
by: Charlotte Rowley, Library, Art and Archives blog20 Sep 2012
Read about the death of enthusiastic plant hunter Dr Charles Budd Robinson in Ambon, as told by the murder report in Kew's archives, and learn why miscommunication can be deadly.
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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 and Kenyan partners go seed collecting for wild relatives of aubergine, rice and yam
29 Jun 2012
Watch our 'fly on the wall' documentary, produced by Al Jazeera, and follow Tim Pearce and Paul Kirika in Kenya, as they secure vital seed collections for the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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