11 January 2023
Emma V Williams
Science Policy Officer (CITES)
Department
Team
Specialism
CITES, Extinction risk assessments, Nomenclature, Plant identification.
I am a science policy officer, specialising in the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as part of the UK CITES Scientific Authority for Flora. I provide scientific advice on CITES policy and licences to Defra, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and Kew colleagues.
I also provide advice to Kew colleagues planning overseas fieldwork as part of the Overseas Fieldwork Committee. I research CITES listed plants, write policy documents and CITES nomenclature checklists. I have a background in extinction risk assessments, seed conservation, nomenclature, and plant identification, particularly working with African and temperate floras.
- BSc (Hons), Biology, Univ. Wales (Aberystwyth), 2000
- MSc, Pure and Applied Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Univ. Reading, 2001
Prunera-Olive, J., Vorontsova, M., Williams, E.V., Mollel, N.P. & Hemp, A. (2021)
Checklist of Kilimanjaro grasses shows that both plot and herbarium methods are necessary to record diversity
Phytotaxa 501 (2): 201-244
Nic Lughadha, E., Walker, B., Canteiro C., Chadman, H., Davis, A., Hargreaves, S., Lucas, E., Schuiteman, A., Williams, E.V., Bachman, S., Baines, D., Barker, A., Budden, A., Carretero, J., Clarkson, J., Roberts, A. & Rivers, M. (2019)
The use and misuse of herbarium specimens in evaluation plant extinction risks
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B 374: 1763, 20170402
Williams, E.V. (2017)
Dovyalis keniensis (Salicaceae), a new species from the coastal forests of Kenya
Kew Bulletin 72: 51
Williams, E.V., Elia Ntandu, J., Ficinski, P. & Vorontsova, M. (2016)
Checklist of Serengeti Ecosystem Grasses
Biodiversity Data Journal. (4): e8286
Williams, E. V., Breidy, J., Van Slageren, M. & Khairallah, S. (2015)
New records for the flora of Lebanon.
Webbia Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography 70 (2): 323-327
