Based in the Millennium Seed Bank Partnerships team (MSBP), this role entails managing the MSBP Data Warehouse – a BRAHMS database holding seed collections data from around the world. The post holder ...

Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of seed disperser declines and discuss...

Universities and laboratories in Khartoum are looted or in ruins, with vital research and medicines destroyed, including pioneering work on tropical diseases

A wealth of plant material and data is stored globally in conservation seed banks. This material represents not only a repository of plant genetic resources but also an asset for nature-based solutio...

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke.

A conservation training course to enhance local skills to conserve cloud forests in the Dominican Republic

Seedbanks are vital for biodiversity conservation, but their potential remains underutilised due to a limited understanding of the intraspecific genetic diversity they hold. By leveraging digitised d...

In February of 2025, Eliane Ubalijoro, CEO of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), will embark on a mission from the sun-drenched streets of Nairobi to ...

Madagascar’s Protected Area Network has been established to protect the island’s unique and threatened habitats, biodiversity, and ecosystems, including globally important forests. The landscapes with...

The ups and downs of a seed collection adventure in the wilds of Greenland

University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity