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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A field team walks through dense green vegetation with tall cliffs and forested hills in the background under a clear blue sky in Madagascar.

Global Tree Seed Bank Madagascar

Developing capacity for the conservation and restoration of Madagascar’s globally important biodiverse forests
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A researcher looking in a green box on a shelf full of green boxes

Sequencing Kew's Fungarium

Unlocking the genetic information held in our fungal collections to accelerate research in fungal diversity, taxonomy, and evolution.
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Person holding scanner to barcode herbarium specimen.

Kew's Collections go digital

Taking Kew's Herbarium and Fungarium online for everyone across the globe to access.
A panoramic view of a cloud-covered tropical forest on a mountainous slope, with dense green tree canopy partially obscured by low-hanging mist.

Lauraceae in Madidi: Interdisciplinary collaboration for the rapid discovery of problematic plant diversity

This interdisciplinary partnership between plant systematists and ecologists combines resources and expertise to rapidly and accurately uncover the true diversity of poorly known plant family Lauraceae in Bolivia's Tropical Andes
A mountainous scene in Armenia. A flower-covered bush is in the foreground

Global Tree Seed Bank Caucasus

Enhancing the restoration potential of trees and woody species of a biodiversity hotspot
Wakehurst meadow

Conservation without borders

Conservation of Critically Endangered species
A rainbow in the sky across the arctic landscape

Arctic Plant Conservation

Seed banking and understanding vegetation responses to climate change in the tundra.
The flowering bud of an Australian Blackwood tree

Asia-Pacific Seed Preservation and Research Network (SPARK)

Improving the capacity and capability of practitioners within the Asia-Pacific region to enhance the conservation outcomes of species
A kew expedition team are pictured in the foothills around Madagascar's tallest mountain. They are specks in the distance, an a world of jagged rock and unending grassland.

Malagasy Grasslands for Maintaining and Enhancing Environment (GCBC TANETI)

Building and disseminating knowledge of Madagascar’s open and mosaic ecosystems to support tree planting site selection