Genomic resources for healthy ash trees
Finding genes in ash trees to overcome ash dieback and the emerald ash borer.
Finding genes in ash trees to overcome ash dieback and the emerald ash borer.
Cataloging genetic diversity within a single plant species, and building a computational framework to support its analysis and visualisation.
Establishing a global genebank network to sustainably unlock the genetic diversity of food crops for future generations and make them intuitively accessible for modern breeding programmes
Collecting and protecting the wild relatives of the world’s most important food crops to safeguard our future food security in a changing climate.
Taxonomic research into this diverse plant family is helping to inform plant conservation planning in Africa.
Researching the evolution, diversity and conservation of Cyperaceae, one of the World’s most diverse monocot families.
Conserving more than 500 species from the European Alps by collecting seeds and storing them ex situ in seed banks.
Providing an updated, fully synonymized, annotated systematic checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia, available online and in print as a precursor to a Flora account of the family.
Mapping pollen phytosterols through space and time in the UK landscape, and elucidating the importance of phytosterols as essential nutrients for wild bee diversity
Utilising Kew’s botanical expertise to assess habitats proposed for conservation under Angola’s Protected Areas Expansion Strategy.
Enhancing the conservation of Australia’s flora
Conservation and sustainable development with communities in the Chimanimani forest belt.
Community management in Nigeria, and screening wild banana progenitors for resistance.
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership safeguards wild plant diversity and enables its sustainable utilisation through global partnership.
We will study different stages of the life cycle and conduct conservation action to protect Adansonia suarezensis, one of the six endemic Malagasy baobabs.
This project researches the tolerance of wild edible yams to drier climates and helps to enhance food security in rural communities of Western Madagascar.
Generating three biodiversity metrics (phylogenetic diversity, species richness and species threat assessments) for flowering plants of the British Virgin Islands to help direct conservation action and management.
Supporting community livelihoods and protecting biodiversity on the Montagne des Francais Protected area via tuber-based agriculture and wild yam collector registration.
Building expertise and capacity for conservation seed-banking in Colombia, with the initial focus on Boyacá flora within the Páramo biome.
This project is designed to explore the diversity of the Kingdom Fungi in Boyacá, Colombia.
Researching the impact of climate change on important plants for the ecosystem services of the páramos of Boyacá, Colombia.
This project is developing a prioritised list of useful plant species for the Boyacá region of Colombia to benefit a broad spectrum of users.
Providing a climate-resilient strategy for coffee production in Ethiopia.
Creating a hard-copy publication of an annotated checklist of the Myrtaceae and Fabaceae of Boyacá, Colombia, supported by an online catalogue of specimen data.