Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kew’s_Millennium_Seed_Bank_Partnership

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nature_reserve seed
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	over 95 countries
gptkbp:contributedTo	biodiversity conservation climate change adaptation global food security restoration ecology
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Paul_Smith
gptkbp:established	2000
gptkbp:focusesOn	wild plant species
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Wellcome_Trust gptkb:UK_Millennium_Commission public donations
gptkbp:goal	bank 25% of the world’s plant species by 2020
gptkbp:hasCollection	over 2.4 billion seeds over 40,000 species over 190 plant families
gptkbp:hasExhibit	public exhibition at Wakehurst
gptkbp:hasFacility	underground seed vault
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Wakehurst,_West_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:mission	conservation of plant diversity
gptkbp:notableFor	largest ex situ plant conservation project in the world
gptkbp:numberOfLocations	seeds
gptkbp:openToPublic	no (seed vault is not open to the public)
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
gptkbp:partner	gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens_Victoria gptkb:Missouri_Botanical_Garden gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Garden_Edinburgh gptkb:Botanic_Gardens_Conservation_International gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Garden_Sydney gptkb:National_Botanic_Garden_of_Wales gptkb:South_African_National_Biodiversity_Institute gptkb:National_Herbarium_of_New_South_Wales gptkb:China_National_GeneBank gptkb:National_Botanic_Garden_of_Belgium gptkb:Australian_Seed_Bank_Partnership gptkb:Instituto_Nacional_de_Tecnología_Agropecuaria_(Argentina) gptkb:Instituto_de_Investigaciones_Agropecuarias_(Chile) gptkb:Jardin_Botanico_Nacional_(Dominican_Republic) gptkb:National_Centre_for_Genetic_Resources_and_Biotechnology_(Nigeria) gptkb:National_Institute_of_Agricultural_Botany_(UK) gptkb:National_Plant_Genetic_Resources_Centre_(Tanzania) gptkb:National_Seed_Bank_of_Kenya
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
gptkbp:preserves	medicinal plants endangered plant species crop wild relatives useful plants
gptkbp:website	https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/projects/millennium-seed-bank
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Millennium_Seed_Bank
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6