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Science projects
We partner with over 100 countries worldwide to protect biodiversity and explore the useful properties of plants and fungi. Take a look at the projects and programmes in our portfolio.
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Annotated systematic checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia
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.
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Assessing British Virgin Islands habitat recovery using soil seedbanks
Quantifying native and non-native plant species in the soil seedbank on the Caribbean Islands of Great and Little Tobago, to provide a baseline to monitor and inform habitat recovery following non-native species control.
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Boyacá Seed Bank
Building expertise and capacity for conservation seed-banking in Colombia, with the initial focus on Boyacá flora within the Páramo biome.
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Boyacá’s Forgotten Kingdom
This project is designed to explore the diversity of the Kingdom Fungi in Boyacá, Colombia.
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Boyacá’s Páramo Plants for Life
Researching the impact of climate change on important plants for the ecosystem services of the páramos of Boyacá, Colombia.
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Boyacá’s Useful Plants
This project is developing a prioritised list of useful plant species for the Boyacá region of Colombia to benefit a broad spectrum of users.
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Building a partnership of systematic excellence – a checklist of selected families of Boyacá
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.
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Conserving native useful trees of Mexico to maintain its natural capital
Maintaining the natural capital of Mexican forests through research and conservation of useful native tree seeds.
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Digital Amazon
Increasing access to Richard Spruce’s ethnobotanical collections as a resource for environmental change and indigenous knowledge.
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Enhancing carbon sequestration and improving livelihoods in Mexico's shade-grown coffee plantations
Supporting smallholder coffee farms to mitigate climate change, through carbon sequestration and enhanced biodiversity.
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Enhancing conservation and access to medicinal plants in Peru
Seed-banking of native medicinal plants from the highlands of Moquegua, Peru.
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Identifying and conserving resilient habitats in the British Virgin Islands
Informing conservation of globally threatened biodiversity by identifying forest habitats resilient to natural disasters in the British Virgin Islands.