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Kew in the 21st Century – How do we
engage the public with biodiversity?
‘One in five species
on Earth now faces
extinction, and that will
rise to 50% by the end of
the century unless urgent
action is taken’
View of the world’s leading biologists,
ecologists and economists
The smallest waterlily (Nymphaea thermarum)
Age of extinction
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Food security
‘It has been estimated that
we need to produce more
food in the next 35 years
than we have ever produced
in human history, given the
projected increases in
world population, and on
the basis that rising
incomes will continue to
change diets.’
Global Food Security
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Urbanisation
‘The total number of
individuals living in
Africa’s urban areas is
expected to rise from
400 million in 2010 to
1.26 billion in 2050’
Brookings
Foresight Africa Report 2016
(www.brookings.edu)
Cairo, Egypt
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Botanic Gardens
Botanic gardens
must be seen to
have contemporary
relevance in helping
to address these
global challenges4
Kew’s purpose in the 21st century
•Research and disseminate knowledge of plant
and fungal diversity
•Conserve plant & fungal diversity
•Educate the next generation of
scientists and horticulturalists
•Build public understanding of the importance
of plant and fungal diversity
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Science and conservation
Temperate House interpretation on false banana Ensete ventricosum6
Science and conservation
Temperate House interpretation on Wood’s cycad Ensphalartos woodii7
The Hive
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The Hive video
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Science Festival Wakehurst
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Youth Explainers
11
Grow Wild
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Grow wild giant fungus
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My Passion for Trees – Dame Judi Dench
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My Passion for Trees video clip
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State of the World’s Plants / Fungi
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School visits
17
Plant meat
Impossible burger 18
Crop wild relatives and GM
Flood tolerant rice19
Crop wild relatives and GM
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RI) Golden rice
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Bio-fuels
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mons/U
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Buddy Alder, a
Leon County
farmer, stands
in a rye grass
field intended
for biofuel
production22
Urban forestry
Bosque Milan building
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Behar
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Pink Floyd exhibition at V&A
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Pink Floyd exhibition at V&A
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Crop wild relatives and GM
GM
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