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| Environmental_Business Environmental news and job links. |
| Environmental_Career_Opportunities Internet links collection. |
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| Environmental_Career_Page List of resources recommended by National Council for Science and the Environment (US). |
| Environmental_Careers_Organization_(ECO) Offers paid environmental internships in the US for university students and recent graduates. Information for applicants and for environmental employers interested in skilled interns. |
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| Environmental-Expert_com Listings for various environmental fields worldwide. |
| EnvironmentJob_co_uk Environment jobs and volunteering in the UK. |
| Green_Dream_Jobs Job and internship listings for jobs within sustainable businesses and organizations. |
| GreenBiz_JobLink Free job- and resume-posting service for environmental professionals, from recent grads to career changers. |
| Job_Reservoir Water and wastewater employment opportunities. |
| The_Job_Seeker A subscription-based service that publishes job openings in the environmental sector. |
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| Sea-Grant_Programs Mostly academic internships, fellowships and job postings in oceanography and related fields. |
The Great Plant Hunt
Free
science curriculum resources for children aged 5-11, and an invitation
to join the biggest ever school science project.
Free science curriculum resources for children aged 5-11
Sedge rediscovered on St Helena
The chance rediscovery of a plant - a type of sedge not
seen for over 200 years and feared extinct - has delighted
botanists working on the remote South Atlantic island
of St Helena
read
about the discovery...
Rhizotron & Xstrata Treetop Walkway
Climb high into the tree canopy and explore underground at the latest addition to Kew's landscape.
more about Rhizotron & Xstrata Treetop Walkway...
CITES Orchid Checklist 4 and CITES and Slipper
Orchids
more about CITES Checklists...
Tropical America
Kew's research
programme in Latin America is
primarily focused on the promotion of in situ conservation
and sustainable use of plants. We are
working in close collaboration with a
range of local institutions and communities,
and contributing towards local capacity building through our fellowships and data
repatriation programmes.
Wet Tropics Africa
The great tropical rainforests of Africa are some of the most species-rich
natural habitats in the world. New pages outline the research Kew
is undertaking in these areas.
more about Wet
Tropics Africa ....
The CBD for Botanists
An introduction to the Convention on Biological Diversity for
people working with botanical collections. Version 2 now available.
more
about CBD for botanists...
Phenology database now online
In 2000 a new initiative began with the aim of recording annually
the first-flowering and mid-flowering dates of 100 plants in the
Gardens in perpetuity. Version 2 now available.
more
about phenology database...
Would you like to help set plant
and fungus conservation priorities in the UK over the next seven
years?
More
about conservation priorities...
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is widely recognised as one of the leading
centres for advice and action on aspects of plant and fungal conservation.
Conservation programmes are undertaken on a wide range of endangered and
threatened plants and their habitats. An advanced range of techniques,
including storage and cryopreservation of seeds, embryos and pollen, and
micropropagation, are used to support both ex situ and in situ
conservation projects. We are increasingly called upon for advice and
to help with the development of international conservation strategies.
Our activities and initiatives in the field of conservation include:
acting as the UK CITES Scientific Authority
for Plants
seed conservation at the Millennium Seed Bank
the Threatened Plants Appeal
training courses in plant conservation
techniques
research on the commercial use of
wild and traditionally managed plants in the UK
participating in collaborative research throughout the world
restoration ecology
Many of our activities also contribute to the implementation of the objectives
of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) , namely the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of
its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising
from access to genetic resources.
In August 2003, Kew’s CBD Unit produced ‘The
CBD for Botanists’, a user-friendly manual for botanical institutions
on the CBD and practical implementation. In July 2008 Kew's CBD Unit published
an Access and Benefit Sharing Bibliography,
On 6 March 2001, Kew endorsed the Principles
on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing developed by 28
botanic gardens and herbaria from 21 countries worldwide (also available
in Chinese, French,
German, Portuguese,
Russian and Spanish).
Please see the list of institutions that have
endorsed the Principles, and an explanatory
text which provides some background information on the project, and
may be of assistance to institutions wishing to develop access and benefit-sharing
policies based on these Principles. In line with these Principles,
Kew has now developed its 'Policy on Access
to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing' (pdf).
