Seed Bank (Millennium Seed Bank Partnership)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Seed_Bank_(Millennium_Seed_Bank_Partnership)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	seed
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Kew_Gardens
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	over 95 countries
gptkbp:collectionSize	over 2.4 billion seeds
gptkbp:contributedTo	biodiversity conservation climate change adaptation global food security restoration ecology
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director	Paul Smith (former)
gptkbp:focus	global plant diversity
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund gptkb:Wellcome_Trust gptkb:DEFRA
gptkbp:hasFacility	gptkb:educational_institution gptkb:research_institute laboratories seed vault
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Seed Bank (Millennium Seed Bank Partnership)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:West_Sussex gptkb:Wakehurst_Place
gptkbp:mission	to conserve seeds from wild plant species worldwide
gptkbp:notableFor	largest ex situ plant conservation project in the world
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies	over 40,000 species
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Millennium_Seed_Bank_Partnership
gptkbp:opened	2000
gptkbp:openToPublic	not open to the public (seed vault)
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
gptkbp:partner	gptkb:government_agency gptkb:Botanic_Gardens_Conservation_International gptkb:South_African_National_Biodiversity_Institute gptkb:Food_and_Agriculture_Organization gptkb:Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault gptkb:Australian_Seed_Bank_Partnership local communities research institutions various universities worldwide conservation NGOs China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species national seed banks
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
gptkbp:preserves	medicinal plants threatened habitats rare and endangered plant species crop wild relatives
gptkbp:purpose	conservation of plant seeds
gptkbp:storage	low temperature and low humidity
gptkbp:website	https://www.kew.org/wakehurst/whats-at-wakehurst/millennium-seed-bank
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kew_Gardens_living_collections
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7