RE:valuing Nature

Nature is our greatest asset. It provides us with the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. It also underpins the global economy. But we are losing more of nature every day – to urbanisation, pollution, habitat loss, and a changing climate.

If we want to continue to benefit from nature, then we must protect it. From the oceans to the forests, solutions exist to bring biodiversity back from the brink, so that all life on Earth can flourish into the future.

Explore innovations on the frontline of nature restoration, from sustainable forest management and traditional Indigenous practices, to wildlife reintroductions and seed collecting.

Banking On Biodiversity

Kew's Millennium Seed Bank houses 2.5 billion seeds from 40,000 plant species. More than just security for the future, this wild bank is a living research lab and the first port of call for ecosystem restoration projects around the world.

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The Science Of Nature

Alexandre Antonelli is the Executive Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In this guest article he dives into the work of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) and its partnerships all over the world, resulting in ground-breaking research and on-the-ground conservation.

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Millennium Seed Bank

Advancing our understanding of crop variety and resilience

Xingu Seed Collectors

Supporting indigenous seed-collectors to preserve the Amazon's biodiversity

Valuing Indigenous Practices

Working hand-in-hand with Indigenous people to protect nature

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Protecting biodiversity through resilient, sustainable supply chains

Osa Conservation

Restoring carbon-capturing mangroves in Costa Rican wetlands

Managing Biodiversity

How indigenous people are adapting to the climate crisis

Natural Capital Laboratory

Using the latest technology to assess the value of rewilded land

Wildfire Warning Systems

Millions of hectares of forest are lost to wildfire every year. How do we prevent these valuable ecosystems from going up in smoke? Pyri may be the answer. This small, pinecone-shaped device is activated by heat to detect wildfires in real time. As Pyri CTO Blake Goodwyn says, "prevention is always better than recovery."

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New England Exemplary Forests

Developing a global standard for sustainable forest management.

Forest Bioeconomy

How indigenous forest management reduces the risk of wildfire and generates new economic opportunities

Traditional Forest Management

Collaborating with Indigenous Peoples to forge a wildfire-resilient forest

Freetown the Treetown

Using technology to monitor Freetown's pioneering tree-planting initiative

Financing Nature Restoration

How investing in nature can transform economies, ecosystems, and communities

Agroforestry

How farming forests can restore biodiversity, build climate resilience and create economic opportunities

Turning Wood Waste Into Energy

How effective forest management can fuel a waste-free bioeconomy

Unlocking Capital For Forests

Putting forest health on the business and finance agenda

Our Forests, Our Future

The true value of forests is increasingly understood, but how do we save this precious resource and continue to benefit from it into the future? By creating economic value from forest resources, we can regenerate forests at the same time as harvesting the raw materials for nature-positive products. It's time to reconnect healthy forests with healthy economies.

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