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The Last Great Plant Hunt
Sue Seddon
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Description for The Last Great Plant Hunt
Hardcover. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is a unique, global asset. The largest seed bank of its kind in the world dedicated to wild plant species, it contains the world's most diverse seed collections. The Last Great Plant Hunt describes the importance of seed collecting and the work of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WNP; YNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 282 x 258 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1378.
As humans adapt to a changing climate and planet, there is a pressing need for wild plant seed banks, and an urgent effort to conserve all plant diversity. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is a unique, global asset. The largest seed bank of its kind in the world dedicated to wild plant species, it contains the world's most diverse seed collections. Over the past 10 years more than 3.5 billion seeds from nearly 25,000 species have been collected and stored in seed banks both in their country of origin and in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. In October 2009 Kew's Millennium Seed ... Read more
As humans adapt to a changing climate and planet, there is a pressing need for wild plant seed banks, and an urgent effort to conserve all plant diversity. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is a unique, global asset. The largest seed bank of its kind in the world dedicated to wild plant species, it contains the world's most diverse seed collections. Over the past 10 years more than 3.5 billion seeds from nearly 25,000 species have been collected and stored in seed banks both in their country of origin and in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. In October 2009 Kew's Millennium Seed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1378g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842464328
SKU
V9781842464328
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About Sue Seddon
Sue Seddon is an author and former editor of Kew magazine. Carolyn Fry is a journalist and former editor of Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, and author of The Plant Hunters (Andre Deutsch, 2009) and The World of Kew (BBC Books, 2006). Carolyn Fry is a journalist and former editor of Geographical, the magazine of the Royal ... Read more
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