Fruit of Terminalia tropophylla (IUCN LC) #Myrtales, #Combretaceae, #endemic tree to #Madagascar observed in #Kasijy_PA #Betsiboka_region @TeamKMCC

Flower of Strophanthus boivinii (IUCN LC) #Gentianales, #Apocynaceae, #Madagascar, endemic shrub widespread in dry and subhumid forest, observed in #Kasijy_PA #Betsiboka_region @TeamKMCC

POTD – Cultivated yam tubers, #Dioscorea_alata bought from the communities cooperative in #Antsiranana to support our #Community_Drylands_Forest_Restoration_and_Monitoring project in #AnkarafantsikaPA, thanks to Guardian Science and Garfield Weston Foundation for their supports

Our restoration research project moves to the next phase. We have now planted ~15,000 trees from our local community nurseries. @TeamKMCC @KewScience Guardian Science KewGIS jenny williams #Madagascar #drone #MadForRest #regeneration #restoration kew.org/read-and-watch…

Thanks to representatives from our collaborating organisations SAGE, MNP, PBZT and the University of Antananarivo for contributing to productive and exciting discussions about the next three years

David Ashley And of course huge thanks to our funders Garfield Weston Foundation for enabling us to build such an important and hopeful @kewscience programme of conservation for the trees of Madagascar! Our programme yesterday included a tour of our new facility at SNGF in our new project vehicle

Proud to have an article about the mysterious Cryptocarya trees published in Samara with vononarbgkew @TeamKMCC...have a read! brahmsonline.kew.org/msbp/Samara/EN…

A pleasure to have a visit from Rakotoniaina Eric at the MSB today! Eric is at Kew for the month working on the process for digitisation of herbarium specimens of Madagascar's trees, and working in the nurseries on germination and propagation techniques. Welcome!

Excited to have Rakotoniaina Eric and Junel Flash Blaise working on germination and cultivation techniques KewGardens tropical nursery for the next two weeks funded by Bentham Moxon trust

Another day for Rakotoniaina Eric Junel Flash Blaise tropical nursery visit KewGardens learning air layering techniques which can be used when other propagation methods prove difficult. Thanks to Robert Taite we have this skill in the tool box now.

Rakotoniaina Eric and Junel Flash Blaise round off the week with seed treatments, pricking out the tiniest plants and controlled watering. Thank you Bentham Moxon Trust for funding and KewGardens tropical nursery’s skilled staff we work with.

Thank you @BalaatKew for sharing your knowledge and skills with our partners Rakotoniaina Eric and Junel Flash Blaise on orchid cultivation KewGardens tropical nursery. Deflasking seedlings coming from in-vitro lab takes patience and lots of care to cultivate these plants successfully

Rakotoniaina Eric monitoring germination of seed sowing trials during training @KewScience in the tropical nursery.

Massive thank you to our skilled Hort team in the tropical nursery KewGardens for their time and knowledge sharing with our partners Rakotoniaina Eric Madagascar @KewScience Junel Flash Blaise Turks and Caicos #KewTCI not possible without funding from Bentham Moxon Trust. Thank you!

Really pleased to have the opportunity to work with vononarbgkew at the MSB this week, the Garfield Weston Foundation Global Tree Seed Bank will benefit hugely from such an inspirational team leader in Madagascar. Hope the next two weeks at Kew go well Vonona!

Valuable few days in the herbarium trying to progress the identification of trees from Antavolobe. Hoping DNA will help with the mission. Thanks to Garfield Weston Foundation for providing support for rare and endemic trees of Madagascar

#GlobalTreeSeedBank Africa partners visiting the MSB this week, a pleasure to see Mamy from #SNGF in Madagascar and to meet James Amponsah from #FORIG in Ghana with our very own Duncan and Tim. Hopefully the start of some useful cross project and cross country working 🙌

Living the Garfield Weston Foundation #GlobalTreeSeedBank dream in Thailand with an absolutely inspiring day spent with teams from FORRU in Thailand, BRIN Indonesia and @TeamKMCC discussing seed conservation, and all things restoration. How much we can learn when we talk to each other!

This month B Naqqi Manco TCIG Communications Directorate @KewUKOTs @KewScience held the final Tropical Important Plant Areas review workshop, after three years of research funded by Biodiversity Challenge Funds Great engagement with islanders and local organisations, thanks to TCI DECR #TIPAsTCI #KewTCI

Ooooh a lovely new logo for the Garfield Weston Foundation #GlobalTreeSeedBank, how exciting! Thanks to our wonderful designer Andi, more of his work can be found here: arnoldandreas.com