Saving a Species - How does it work?

How does your money actually save a species? Many of the species that we are offering have already been saved, so where is your money actually going?

The Millennium Seed Bank partnership is a project of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All species which are listed as part of the Adopt a Seed, Save a Species campaign are species of which seeds have already been banked, both at the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) at Wakehurst Place in Sussex and in their country of origin.

If you choose to Save a Species outright we would be extremely grateful. Your donation of £1,000 or £2,000 represents the cost to the project of collecting and banking the seed of that species, but your donation will be used to maintain the Millennium Seed Bank partnership and to collect more species in the future. Your sponsorship of that species will be recognised on the electronic touch-screen register at the MSB in Sussex. We will also get in touch to find out how else you would like your special contribution to be recognised. Please get in touch with Nitasha Kul on +44 (0)20 8332 3243 if you would like to discuss this further.

By Adopting a Seed you are making a contribution to the ongoing costs of maintaining the Millennium Seed Bank so that it remains an important resource for the conservation of the world's plant species. In order to recognise your contribution we will send you an adoption pack which represents our thank you for your donation and which has no commercial value. You will be one of many who adopt a seed from the species you choose; together you will have helped ensure the future not just of that species but of the 10% of the world's species that we have already banked, as well as the next 15% of the world's plant species that we intend to bank in the next 10 years.

 

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