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Use of seed collections to improve community livelihoods The MGU – Useful Plants Project
Tiziana Ulian, Alex Hudson, Efisio Mattana
Diversity & Livelihoods, Natural Capital & Plant Health Department
Thailand Biodiversity BioBank ConferenceSeptember 12-14, 2018
Bangkok, Thailand
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• Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) Partnership
• Grown from a proposal made to Kew by a philanthropist based in Spain (MGU)
• Started in June 2007 (two phases)
Background
The MGU – Useful Plants Project
The Millennium Seed Bank, West Sussex (U.K.)
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Purpose
To enhance the capacity of local communities in Latin America and Africa to conserve and use sustainably indigenous plants
❑ Improve food security
❑ Improve human health
❑ Improve livelihoods
❑ Contribute to climate change mitigation
Botswana, Kenya, Mali, South Africa and Mexico
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Main outputs
• Targeting and prioritizing
• Seed conservation
• Plant propagation and conservation in local communities
• Sustainable use and income generation
Botswana, Kenya, Mali, South Africa and Mexico
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Targeting and prioritizing
• Literature review
• Ethnobotanical surveys
• Community workshops
Herbarium specimen of Hoodia currorii subsp. lugardii
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Targeting and prioritizing
• Literature review
• Ethnobotanical surveys
• Community workshops
Ethnobotanical survey in Tharaka, Kenya
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Targeting and prioritizing
• Literature review
• Ethnobotanical surveys
• Community workshops
Ethnobotanical survey in Tharaka, Kenya
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Targeting and prioritizing
• Literature review
• Ethnobotanical surveys
• Community workshops
Community workshop in Nyamira, Kenya
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Targeting and prioritizing
Some examples
Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree) Botswana & Kenya
Tylosema esculentum (Morama bean) Botswana
Adansonia digitata(Baobab) Botswana,
Kenya & Mali
Lippia graveolens(Mexican Oregano) Mexico
Schinziophyton rautenenii (Mongongo nut)
Botswana
Adenium swazicumSouth Africa
1,620 useful plants (taxa)
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Targeting and prioritizing
1,620 useful plants (taxa)UPP Database• Categorisation using Economic Botany Data Standards
• Development of a section for plant uses in BRAHMS (v 7)
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Seed conservation
Field expedition for seed collecting in Mali
• Collecting
• Processing
• Testing
• Banking
ca. 1,200 seed collections
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Seed processing at IER in Sikasso, Mali
Seed conservation
• Collecting
• Processing
• Testing
• Banking
ca. 1,200 seed collections
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Seed conservation
• Collecting
• Processing
• Testing
• Banking
Seed viability and germination of 637 plant species
Seed testing at Kew’s MSB in the U.K.
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Seed banking at Kew’s MSB in the U.K.
Seed conservation
• Collecting
• Processing
• Testing
• Banking
Seed storage of 704 plant species in country with duplicates in Kew’s MSB
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Plant nursery at Lowveld National Botanical Garden in South Africa
Plant propagation 371 plant species propagated
Dioscorea strydomiana
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Plant nursery established in the local community in Mali
Plant propagation in local communities
• Improving propagation facilities
• Training people
371 plant species propagated
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Training workshop in the rural greenhouse in Mexico
Plant propagation in local communities
• Improving propagation facilities
• Training people
371 plant species propagated
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263 species (52,305 seedlings) planted in 25 rural communities and 36 schools
Plant conservation in local communities
• Establishment of community and school gardens
• Demonstration woodlots (Kenya)
• Enrichment of sacred forests (Mali)
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263 species (52,305 seedlings) planted in 25 rural communities and 36 schools
Plant conservation in local communities
• Establishment of community and school gardens
• Demonstration woodlots (Kenya)
• Enrichment of sacred forests (Mali)
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Plant conservation in local communities
• Establishment of community and school gardens
• Demonstration woodlots (Kenya)
• Indigenous vs. exotic trees
• Plant survival and growth rate
• Enrichment of sacred forests (Mali)
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Plant conservation in local communities
• Establishment of community and school gardens
• Demonstration woodlots (Kenya)
• Enrichment of sacred forests (Mali)
Working with the Forestry Department in Mali
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Sustainable use and income generation
• Seeds and seedlings of shrubs and trees
• Plant products
34 plant species promoted
Selling seedlings from plant nursery in Tharaka, Kenya
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Sustainable use and income generation
• Seeds and seedlings
• Plant products
Products of Tylosema esculentum
(Morama bean) in Botswana
34 plant species promoted
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Sustainable use and income generation
Products of Tylosema esculentum (Morama bean) Botswana
Medicinal plant-based health products in the Dept. of Traditional Medicine (University of Bamako) in Mali
• Seeds and seedlings
• Plant products
34 plant species promoted
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Research 289 plant species studied and 20 students supervised
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Research & Dissemination
Mattana, E., Flores, C., Lira, R., Mamatsharaga, A., Mogotsi, K. K., Muthoka, P., Ngwako, S., Omondi, W., Ondieki Nyamongo, D., Sanogo, A. K., Sanogo, S., Ulian,
T. (eds.) (2018). Wild Plants for a Sustainable Future: 110 multipurpose species. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In preparation
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Conclusions
• Indigenous useful plants selected and prioritized according to communities’ preferences;
• Long term ex situ conservation implemented through seed banking both in the countries of species origin and at MSB in the UK;
• Propagation and planting activities to support in situ conservation through community and school gardens (all counties); demonstration woodlots (Kenya); and sacred forests (Mali);
• Income generation in the communities supported through the propagation of indigenous plants and the production of plant products;
• Participative approach with local institutional partners and rural communities; and
• Complementary research on seed science, plant propagation and sustainable
Ulian, T., Sacande, M., Hudson, A., Mattana, E., 2017 - Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU – Useful Plants Project,
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60:4, 668-683, DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1166101
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• The MGU - Useful Plants Project has been funded by MGU, a kind and generous philanthropist based in Spain;
• Matching funds have been provided by several sources to enhance project activities in country;
• This work has been possible thanks to our dedicated collaborators and local communities in Botswana, Kenya, Mali, Mexico and South Africa, who are very gratefully acknowledged; and
• Several Kew colleagues have provided valuable technical and scientific support.
Acknowledgements
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Any Questions? Dr Tiziana Ulian <[email protected]>