On the blue app as botanyemma Botanist @KewGardens. Views are my own.
London, UK
Joined November 2010
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Deciding to post less here for now, check my account on the other app "botanyemma" for more plant related tweets
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Wonderful public! Share our #ChristmasMessage & help #birdsofprey
#WildlifeCrime in progress? 999.
Suspected crime with evidence at scene or suspect nearby? 101.
Non urgent-report online.
Pass info about a person to police anonymously or @CrimestoppersUK
#OpOwl #OperationOwl
Want to understand what digitial sequence information means? Read this easy to understand blog from
@KewScience
kew.org/read-and-watch/what-…
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Part of the RBG Kew @KewScience delegation is already at #COP16 @UNBiodiversity in Cali
Find us at the UK Biodiversity Alliance booth to hear more about our mission to protect plants 🌿 and fungi 🍄(and if you find me you'll hear a lot about genetic diversity too!)
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New special issue of @ConBiology out now!
Explore "Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade" in Vol. 38, Issue 5.
Learn how conservation efforts are tackling trade in lesser-known species. 🐾🌿 Read more: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
#WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity
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🧵 Extremely excited to share our updated #Orchid Tree of Life poster, led by @kewgardens and inc. over 40 coauthors! It showcases the latest relationships, origin timings of major groups, and key facts, inc. global #species richness and those under threat of #extinction 1/2
Great opportunity to join the comms team @KewScience and learn all about Kew Science!
careers.kew.org/internal/vac…
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🚨🌿 Unwitting online shoppers are pushing precious #plant species to the brink of #extinction. Find out how we're working with @kewgardens and @eBay to combat the threat: loom.ly/PpYUKLQ
@UKBCFs
Privilege to attend @CITES Plants Committee last week as part of the UK delegation as the UK CITES flora scientific authority with @KewScience @DefraGovUK
#PC27🌱 wrapped up last week with 190+ participants, 40+ agenda items & 2000+ pages of documents supporting the discussions on the #sustainabletrade and #conservation of CITES-listed #plants! 🌻
View the highlights from the joint #AC33🐾-PC27 session 📸 flickr.com/photos/cites/albu…
Titan arum flowering at @kewgardens last week. They have another one that might flower this week! Keep an eye (or nose!) out!
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Because it is #NationalOrchidDay (well, it was yesterday but whatever 🤪), pls have a look at
a) 5 cool facts about orchids (see vid below produced by the talented @LydiaShelWalker!)
b) the orchid tree of life (read more about it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…)
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Interested in leading @KewScience Science Policy, particularly CITES, CBD and UK Policy - new role just advertised! careers.kew.org/vacancy/head…
Congratulations @Kennedoz, great to see Ken's @KewScience Msc project published!
Our long-awaited paper on the synopsis of #Pyrostria (#Rubiaceae) of continental #Africa has finally been published! Three new species & one subsp. are described. @DavidGoyder @IainDarbyshire1 @KewScience @KewAfrica @EAHerbarium_NMK #OpenAcess. Available: doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-1…
BBC News - Giant redwoods: World’s largest trees 'thriving in UK' Study by @KewScience
bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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Key to ‘regreening Madagascar’ is identifying the right places for reforestation.
Delighted to join the launch of a @KewScience project working to do just that - & the first in #Madagascar to be supported by the new 🇬🇧-funded Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate, @gcbc_org.
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#Pachypodium mikea (IUCN EN) #Apocynaceae is a succulent tree up to 7 m, restricted to the SW coast #Madagascar in dry spiny forest on white sand and limestome substrate, popuplation declining to collect of living plant and unknown desease
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#Palms of New Guinea book is out at last! 26 years in the making, 250 species, 91 of them described as new-to-science along the way, 650 photos, 250 line illustrations by @palmsmithy. Huge thanks to @KewScience and all of our partners in Indonesia, PNG and beyond!
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A great display for a tour by @claredrinkell and @desairinku3 🌿 @KewScience #herbarium
