Millennium Seed Bank (Wakehurst)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Millennium_Seed_Bank_(Wakehurst)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf seed
gptkbp:address gptkb:Ardingly,_West_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
gptkbp:buildingType gptkb:research_institute
gptkbp:collectionSize over 2.4 billion seeds
gptkbp:collectionSpecies over 40,000 species
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director gptkb:Paul_Smith
gptkbp:focus biodiversity preservation
seed storage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Millennium Seed Bank (Wakehurst)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wakehurst_Place
gptkbp:mission to conserve seeds from wild plant species worldwide
gptkbp:notableFor world's largest wild plant seed bank
gptkbp:opened 2000
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
gptkbp:partOf Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
gptkbp:purpose plant conservation
gptkbp:regionServed global
gptkbp:website https://www.kew.org/wakehurst/whats-at-wakehurst/millennium-seed-bank
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kew_Gardens_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7