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The wild coffee resources of Uganda: a precious heritage.
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Archives and the environment report.
A report generated from the presentations and conversations that took place during the workshop 'Archives and the environment: an experimentation workshop' organised by the School of Advanced Study, University of London and The National Archives on Tuesday 9 May 2023 at The National Archives, Kew.Goudarouli, Eirini ; Vavassori, Valentina ; Winters, Jane ; Akerman, Isobel ; Azambuja, Enaiê …
Archives, Climate change, Environmental humanities, and Environment
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Technical report
British Virgin Islands May-June 2022 fieldwork report. Overseas Fieldwork Committee (OFC) registration number 559-30.
Corcoran, Marcella ; Heller, Thomas
Plant propagation, Ex-situ collections, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Virgin Islands, Threatened plant species, and Fieldwork
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Technical report
British Virgin Islands June 2019. Fieldwork report and photographic supplement - Overseas Fieldwork Committee (OFC) registration number 559-23.
Hamilton, Martin A. ; Bradley, Kelly A. ; Heller, Thomas M.
Fieldwork, Caribbean, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Monitoring, Habitats, and Threatened plant species
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Technical report
British Virgin Islands March-April 2019. Fieldwork report and photographic supplement - Overseas Fieldwork Committee (OFC) registration number 559-21.
Hamilton, Martin A. ; Barrios, Sara ; Sanchez, Michael Dani
Fieldwork, Caribbean, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Monitoring, Habitats, and Threatened plant species
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Technical report
Virgin Islands archive material at The National Archives - DPLUSO84 Summary Report. Material consulted at The National Archives, Kew, UK 23rd May 2019.
Heller, Thomas M.
Reports, Correspondence, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Archival material, Virgin Islands, Great Britain. Colonial Office, National Archives (Great Britain), and Maps
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Technical report
Global strategy for the conservation and use of Vigna.
This publication aims to provide a framework for the efficient and effective <em>ex situ</em> conservation of globally important collections of <em>Vigna</em> crops and their wild relatives. The development of this Global Crop Conservation Strategy was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) as part of the... -
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Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) May 2022 Fieldwork Report.
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British Virgin Islands January-February 2020 fieldwork report.
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Research report
Kew Tree of Life Explorer - Release notes 2.0.
Release notes for the Tree of Life Explorer data release 2.0Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Phylogenetics, Tree of Life, Plant and Fungal Tree of Life Project, and Evolution
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Research report
“Specimens Distributed”: The Circulation of Objects from Kew’s Economic Botany Collection.
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Technical report
Gloiocephala cerkezii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019.
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Technical report
Echinodontium ballouii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019.
This assessment has been regenerated.International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ; Ainsworth, A. M.
Echinodontium ballouii, Conservation status, Geographic distribution, Red Lists, Habitats, and Taxonomy
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Caicos Pine Recovery Project Protocols: Standards and methodologies to conserve the TCI National Tree.
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Research report
ESPECIES DE PLANTAS Y HONGOS útiles y de interés para las comunidades de tres lugares biodiversos de COLOMBIA.
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Research report
Ethnobotany of the Yali of West Papua.
A general ethnobotanical study of the Yali people was conducted in the Sibi valley in the highlands of West Papua (Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya). The communities were living in a state of relative isolation and relying almost entirely on traditional technology, with substantial use of forest products. Data were collected on...Milliken, William
New Guinea, Ethnobotany, Traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous peoples, Yali (New Guinean people) , and Plant knowledge
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Policy report
Science Strategy 2021-2025.
Life on Earth is in peril. Never before have so many challenges manifested themselves so clearly and intensively. Every year, millions of hectares of forest are lost; fire devastates huge swathes of natural habitats; floods and hurricanes hit our cities; heat and drought reduce our harvests; people struggle to feed...Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Research report
Unlocking why plants and fungi matter : impacts from Kew Science 2012-2018.
In this booklet we seek to illustrate, through selected examples, how a combination of Kew’s extensive collections, databases, scientific expertise and global partnerships have enabled us to make an invaluable and relevant contribution to research, conservation and training in plant and fungal science, addressing some of the biggest challenges facing...Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plant uses, Economic botany, Policy, Plant conservation, Biodiversity, Plant diversity, Public awareness, and Fungal diversity
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Research report
Kew Science Publications for the academic year 2016-2017.
In the academic year 2016-2017, Kew scientists, in collaboration with numerous national and international research partners, published 350 papers in international peerreviewed journals and books. Here we bring together the abstracts of some of these papers. Due to space constraints we have included only those which are led by a...Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Bibliographies, Botany, and Scientific publications
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Research report
Kew Science publications for the academic year 2017-2018.
n the academic year 2017-2018, Kew scientists, in collaboration with numerous national and international research partners, published 358 papers in international peer reviewed journals and books. Here we bring together the abstracts of some of these papers. Due to space constraints we have included only those which are led by...Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Bibliographies, Scientific publications, and Botany
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Policy report
Kew and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
Plants and fungi are essential for life on Earth and provide natural resources such as food, medicine and clean water. They sustain life through oxygen, carbon and nutrient cycling, and support human well-being. Kew is working with partners in more than 100 countries, through a dedicated team of over 300...Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, Plant conservation, Biodiversity, and Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
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Technical report
Fitahirizana Ny Oviala. Azo Atao Tsara Ny Mitahiry Ny Oviala Rehefa Matoa Tsara Ny Vokatra.
Madagascan native yams comprise at least 45 species. Almost all are found nowhere else. They form a dietary starch resource that ranges from seasonal staples in specific regions to famine foods. The yams are threatened by over-harvesting and habitat loss. A further species of cultivated yam (winged yam, Dioscorea alata)... -
Technical report
Tetikasa Fiarovana ny Oviala eto Madagasikara Amin'ny Alalan'ny Fambolena Azy Ho Fihinana Sy Ho Fitsinjovana Maitso Ahitra.
Madagascan native yams comprise at least 45 species. Almost all are found nowhere else. They form a dietary starch resource that ranges from seasonal staples in specific regions to famine foods. The yams are threatened by over-harvesting and habitat loss. A further species of cultivated yam (winged yam, Dioscorea alata)... -
Technical report
Tetikasa Fiarovana ny Oviala eto Madagasikara Amin'ny Alalan'ny Fambolena azy An-tanimboly mba ho Sakafo sy Fidiran - Bola.
Madagascan native yams comprise at least 45 species. Almost all are found nowhere else. They form a dietary starch resource that ranges from seasonal staples in specific regions to famine foods. The yams are threatened by over-harvesting and habitat loss. A further species of cultivated yam (winged yam, Dioscorea alata)... -
Technical report
Leaflet manual on winged and wild yam cultivation.
Madagascan native yams comprise at least 45 species. Almost all are found nowhere else. They form a dietary starch resource that ranges from seasonal staples in specific regions to famine foods. The yams are threatened by over-harvesting and habitat loss. A further species of cultivated yam (winged yam, Dioscorea alata)... -
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Plantas y hongos útiles de colombia evaluación del estado de los desarrollos bioeconómicos colombianos en plantas y hongos.
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Enhancing rural Caucasian livelihoods through fruit and nut conservation.
Species of plants that are typically harvested (or foraged) from wild populations are often known as neglected and underutilised species (NUS). They are generally overlooked by agricultural researchers, plant breeders and policy makers alike, despite increasing evidence showing their potential to improve the livelihoods of local people and communities. Additionally,...Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Nuts, Caucasus, Fruits, Wild foods, Livelihoods, Food security, and Plant conservation
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Research report
Kew Tree of Life Explorer - Release notes 1.0
Release notes for the Tree of Life Explorer data release 1.0Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups
Ecosystems are critically important components of Earth’s biological diversity and as the natural capital that sustains human life and well-being. Yet all of the world’s ecosystems show hallmarks of human influence, and many are under acute risks of collapse, with consequences for habitats of species, genetic diversity, ecosystem services, sustainable...Keith, David A. ; Ferrer-Paris, Jose R. ; Nicholson, Emily ; Kingsford, Richard T.
Classification, Freshwater, Red Data/Red List, Biome, Biodiversity, Terrestrial ecosystems, Marine, and Ecosystems
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Research report
Report on New Methods for Data Quality Assurance, Verification and Enrichment
Distributed Systems of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) will facilitate the production of tens of millions of natural history specimen collection images along with their labels each year. The labels of these specimens contain valuable information for research studies, but their transcription can be very difficult and time consuming with often hard...Philips, Sarah ; Mathias, Dillen ; Quentin, Groom ; Green, Laura ; Weech, Marie-Hélène …
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Updating data standards in transcription
There are more than 1.2 billion biological specimens in the world’s museums and herbaria. These objects are a particularly important form of biological sample and observation. They underpin biological taxonomy, but the data they contain have many other uses in the biological and environmental sciences. Nevertheless, from their conception they...Groom, Quentin ; Dillen, Mathias ; Hardy, Helen ; Phillips, Sarah ; Willemse, Luc
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Research report
SYNTHESYS+ Virtual Access - Report on the Ideas Call (October to November 2019)
The SYNTHESYS consortium has been operational since 2004, and has facilitated physical access by individual researchers to European natural history collections through its Transnational Access programme (TA). For the first time, SYNTHESYS+ will be offering virtual access to collections through digitisation, with two calls for the programme, the first in...Hardy, Helen ; Knapp, Sandra ; Allan, E. Louise ; Berger, Frederik ; Dixey, Katherine …
virtual data, digitisation, digitization, digital data, access, collaboration, and natural history collections
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Research report
Kew Tree of Life Explorer - Release notes 0.1
Release notes for the Tree of Life Explorer data release 0.1.Kersey, Paul
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Research report
Overview of current practices in data analysis for wood identification. A guide for the different timber tracking methods.
Today we have five types of timber tracking tools available. Each has its own strengths and limitations (see the Timber Tracking Tool Infogram), but together they offer a broad range of methods that can assist us in identifying the botanical as well as the geographic origin (provenance) of most kinds...Beeckman, Hans ; Blanc-Jolivet, Céline ; Boeschoten, Laura E ; Cabezas, Jose Antonio ; Chaix, Gilles …
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Research report
Exploring the Impact of Political Regimes on Biodiversity
National governments are the main actors responsible for mapping and protecting their biodiversity, but countries differ in their capacity, willingness, and effectiveness to do so. We quantify the global biodiversity managed by different regime types and developed a tool to explore the links between level of democracy and other key...Zizka, Alexander ; Rydén, Oskar ; Edler, Daniel ; Klein, Johannes ; Aronsson, Heléne …
Democracy, Regime type, Autocracy, Specimen collection, and Biodiversity
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Research report
The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology v1.01: Descriptive profiles for Biomes and Ecosystem Functional Groups
The conservation and management of ecosystems has never been more central to the future of biodiversity and human well-being on Earth. The Convention on Biological Diversity post-2020 agenda and UN Sustainable Development Goals mandate global action that depends on ecosystem assessment. Rapidly developing information infrastructure to support these global policy...Keith, David A. ; Ferrer, Jose R. ; Nicholson, Emily ; Bishop, Melanie J. ; Polidoro, Beth A. …
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Policy report
Multifunctional landscapes in the UK: tools for policy and practice
Ensuring food supply meets future demand will require transdisciplinary thinking to develop robust new policies, steer behavioural change and encourage the development and uptake of innovative technological solutions. The multifunctional landscapes (MFL) approach recognises that, in addition to food, UK landscapes provide a range of natural resource provisions and ecosystem...Franco, S.C. ; Keane, J.B. ; Scott-Brown, Alison S. ; Wade, R. ; O’Connor, R.S.
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Technical report
Reflora
Reflora is an initiative which aims to increase access to and use of Brazilian plant diversity information deposited in institutions within and outside Brazil. The scoping phase was initiated by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in 2008/9. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew) and the...Nic Lughadha, E. ; Canteiro, C. ; Filardi, F. ; Leitman, P. ; Accardo Filho, M. …
digitisation, Brazil, and herbarium
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Research report
Knowledge gaps in the genetics of UK trees and shrubs
This report evaluates the knowledge gaps related to the genetics of UK trees and shrubs including those targeted by the UK National Tree Seed Project. Risk assessments have been conducted by following a decision tree based on two essential considerations: 1. Sampling strategies to capture genetic diversity, 2. Selection of...Gargiulo, Roberta
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Taxus baccata L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Taxus baccata within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Viburnum opulus L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Viburnum opulus within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Rhamnus cathartica L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Rhamnus cathartica within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Salix repens L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Salix repens within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Viburnum lantana L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Viburnum lantana within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Ulmus glabra Huds. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Ulmus glabra within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Salix aurita L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Salix aurita within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Salix purpurea L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Salix purpurea within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Sambucus nigra L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Sambucus nigra within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Prunus spinosa L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Prunus spinosa within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Tilia platyphyllos Scop. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Tilia platyphyllos within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Prunus avium L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Prunus avium within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Populus nigra L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Populus nigra within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Salix pentandra L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Salix pentandra within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Tilia cordata Mill. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Tilia cordata within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Salix cinerea L. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Salix cinerea within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta
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Research report
Malus sylvestris Mill. genetic risk assessment
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Malus sylvestris within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.Gargiulo, Roberta