Expedition to Namibia
A challenging journey across the Namibian desert found Kew's team hard at work to safeguard as many species as possible for future generations.
Michiel van Slageren, an international co-ordinator from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership, describes the challenges faced and discoveries made when he and his team were collecting in the Namibian desert.
Related species profiles
Welwitschia miabilis (tree tumbo)
Other related links
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership – Namibia
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