Emma Williams
@botanyemma.bsky.social
Working on Science Policy focusing on CITES and plant taxonomy @Kew Gardens, London, UK
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For over 100 years, epiphytes - plants that grow on other plants such as orchids & bromeliads - were believed to be widespread and resilient 🌿
But our new study in Nature Plants tells a very different story 👇
But our new study in Nature Plants tells a very different story 👇
June 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
For over 100 years, epiphytes - plants that grow on other plants such as orchids & bromeliads - were believed to be widespread and resilient 🌿
But our new study in Nature Plants tells a very different story 👇
But our new study in Nature Plants tells a very different story 👇
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This year’s #metgala was based on M.L. Miller’s groundbreaking book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
...As usual some celebs missed the theme, dressing as some of our favourite fungi 🍄✨
Starting with Cynthia Erivo as Cosmospora arxii 🍄🧵👇
...As usual some celebs missed the theme, dressing as some of our favourite fungi 🍄✨
Starting with Cynthia Erivo as Cosmospora arxii 🍄🧵👇
May 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This year’s #metgala was based on M.L. Miller’s groundbreaking book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
...As usual some celebs missed the theme, dressing as some of our favourite fungi 🍄✨
Starting with Cynthia Erivo as Cosmospora arxii 🍄🧵👇
...As usual some celebs missed the theme, dressing as some of our favourite fungi 🍄✨
Starting with Cynthia Erivo as Cosmospora arxii 🍄🧵👇
Beautiful Wisteria @rbgkew.bsky.social today
April 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Beautiful Wisteria @rbgkew.bsky.social today
Hampton Court tulips & spring flowers looking colourful!
April 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hampton Court tulips & spring flowers looking colourful!
Magnolias still looking beautiful @rbgkew.bsky.social but will be going over soon!
April 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Magnolias still looking beautiful @rbgkew.bsky.social but will be going over soon!
Great to read about this work to rebuild the crop gene bank in Sudan www.croptrust.org/news-events/...
Sudan’s National Genebank Begins Rebuilding as Famine Threatens
Staff count the cost of armed conflict and step up efforts to conserve Sudan’s unique collection of sorghum and other crops. Almost two years after Sudan’s c...
www.croptrust.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Great to read about this work to rebuild the crop gene bank in Sudan www.croptrust.org/news-events/...
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Trees of New Guinea:
- Guide to all 693 tree genera
- Fully illustrated with photos and line art
- PDF available here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- Guide to all 693 tree genera
- Fully illustrated with photos and line art
- PDF available here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
April 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Trees of New Guinea:
- Guide to all 693 tree genera
- Fully illustrated with photos and line art
- PDF available here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- Guide to all 693 tree genera
- Fully illustrated with photos and line art
- PDF available here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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We're making over 7 million specimens freely accessible to anyone around the world, accelerating research into our greatest challenges 🌍
But how can a specimen collected by Charles Darwin help us combat climate change? 🌿
Learn more & help immortalise a specimen today👉 www.kew.org/science/digi...
But how can a specimen collected by Charles Darwin help us combat climate change? 🌿
Learn more & help immortalise a specimen today👉 www.kew.org/science/digi...
March 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're making over 7 million specimens freely accessible to anyone around the world, accelerating research into our greatest challenges 🌍
But how can a specimen collected by Charles Darwin help us combat climate change? 🌿
Learn more & help immortalise a specimen today👉 www.kew.org/science/digi...
But how can a specimen collected by Charles Darwin help us combat climate change? 🌿
Learn more & help immortalise a specimen today👉 www.kew.org/science/digi...
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BIG NEWS: Fungi take the spotlight on the IUCN Red List! 🌏🍄@iucnfungi.bsky.social
For the first time, over 1,000 fungi have been assessed - helping us understand the threats they face from habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.
🧪⚒️ #FungiFridays #Conservation
For the first time, over 1,000 fungi have been assessed - helping us understand the threats they face from habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.
🧪⚒️ #FungiFridays #Conservation
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
BIG NEWS: Fungi take the spotlight on the IUCN Red List! 🌏🍄@iucnfungi.bsky.social
For the first time, over 1,000 fungi have been assessed - helping us understand the threats they face from habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.
🧪⚒️ #FungiFridays #Conservation
For the first time, over 1,000 fungi have been assessed - helping us understand the threats they face from habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.
🧪⚒️ #FungiFridays #Conservation
Beautiful Magnolias at Kew @rbgkew.bsky.social at the moment, worth a visit!
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Beautiful Magnolias at Kew @rbgkew.bsky.social at the moment, worth a visit!
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It's been busy in Madagascar on our 2025 Herbarium Techniques course!
Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!
Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!
March 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's been busy in Madagascar on our 2025 Herbarium Techniques course!
Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!
Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!
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PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century
If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
March 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century
If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
Pachypodium growing in the RHS Wisley glasshouse, I've been working on a new CITES checklist for Pachypodium.
March 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Pachypodium growing in the RHS Wisley glasshouse, I've been working on a new CITES checklist for Pachypodium.
Orchid overload at the RHS orchid show today, only came home with 1!
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Orchid overload at the RHS orchid show today, only came home with 1!
Beautiful Chilean blue crocus - Tecophilaea cyanocrocus in the alpine house @rbgkew.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Beautiful Chilean blue crocus - Tecophilaea cyanocrocus in the alpine house @rbgkew.bsky.social
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Join Kew botanist David Goyder and scientists from the Forgotten Parks Foundation and local experts in the DRC on an unforgettable expedition, working together to uncover rare and beautiful plant species in one of Africa’s most remote landscapes. 🌿📷
👇 Dive into the story: ow.ly/1sLa50VeTAq
👇 Dive into the story: ow.ly/1sLa50VeTAq
David Goyder: The Thrill of Discovering — 1 in 6 by 2030
www.1in6by2030.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join Kew botanist David Goyder and scientists from the Forgotten Parks Foundation and local experts in the DRC on an unforgettable expedition, working together to uncover rare and beautiful plant species in one of Africa’s most remote landscapes. 🌿📷
👇 Dive into the story: ow.ly/1sLa50VeTAq
👇 Dive into the story: ow.ly/1sLa50VeTAq
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Local communities must be part of the solution for conservation! @charlottecouch.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social talking about the amazing work being done in Guinea and IPAs in close collaboration with the local communities. @mobotgarden.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Local communities must be part of the solution for conservation! @charlottecouch.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social talking about the amazing work being done in Guinea and IPAs in close collaboration with the local communities. @mobotgarden.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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🌍 Today is #WorldWildlifeDay & 52 years since CITES was signed!
CITES—the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—regulates the global trade of wildlife to prevent extinction
2025 marks 50 years since CITES came into force!🧵👇 #CITES@50
CITES—the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—regulates the global trade of wildlife to prevent extinction
2025 marks 50 years since CITES came into force!🧵👇 #CITES@50
March 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🌍 Today is #WorldWildlifeDay & 52 years since CITES was signed!
CITES—the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—regulates the global trade of wildlife to prevent extinction
2025 marks 50 years since CITES came into force!🧵👇 #CITES@50
CITES—the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—regulates the global trade of wildlife to prevent extinction
2025 marks 50 years since CITES came into force!🧵👇 #CITES@50
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Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades.
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
March 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades.
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en
Our team made a display in the @rbgkew.bsky.social herbarium today to celebrate #CITES at 50
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Our team made a display in the @rbgkew.bsky.social herbarium today to celebrate #CITES at 50
February 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Winter Aconite flowering @rbgkew.bsky.social today, find it near the Orangery!
February 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Winter Aconite flowering @rbgkew.bsky.social today, find it near the Orangery!
Rare enforcement success in the illegal trade of cacti - 2 Italian cacti smugglers prosecuted for illegal trade of over 1000 cacti wild harvested in Chile www.conservation-litigation.org/news/press-r...
Press Release: Unique Legal Victory for Nature — Conservation-Litigation.org
Press Release: Unique Legal Victory for Nature Two cactus smugglers from Italy have been convicted for the illegal trade of over 1000 rare and protected cacti poached from the Atacama Desert in Chile...
www.conservation-litigation.org
February 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Rare enforcement success in the illegal trade of cacti - 2 Italian cacti smugglers prosecuted for illegal trade of over 1000 cacti wild harvested in Chile www.conservation-litigation.org/news/press-r...