Details for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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	Name
Name	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Subunit name
Acronym(s)	RBG Kew
	Address
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Postbox
Postal code	TW9 3DS
City	Richmond
State/region	Surrey
Country	United Kingdom
	Visitor address
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	Contact details
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General email address	dnabank@kew.org
Logo URL
Web site URL	http://apps.kew.org/dnabank/homepage.html
	Description
Description	RBG Kew can be considered unique among botanic gardens and museums because of its size, history and scope. It is an international visitor attraction and a world-acclaimed scientific institution holding the world's largest collections of plants and fungi, living and preserved, and major databases of plant biodiversity data. RBG Kew's primary focus is science-based conservation to enhance the quality of life. This involves an ongoing mix of basic and applied science, mostly focused on collections and associated databases. The breadth of RBG Kew's plant collections is matched by the scope of its international partnerships and unparalleded access to plant science expertise around the globe. RBG Kew conducts research into many seemingly "blue skies" areas but differs in the applications of the data produced by such enquiries to problems in managing effective conservation programmes in the field and restoring and/or repairing sites damaged by human activity and climate change. This is the basis for our claim to be a "science-based conservation organisation working on the world stage".
	Selected institution types
	Botanic garden, Conservation, Herbarium, Horticultural institution, Laboratory, Library
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	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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