The Millennium SeedBank Project
Wakehust Place is the out-station of 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
U.K., and the site of the Millenneum Seed bank.
Plans are currently underway for a Millenium
Seedbank at the KEW Royal Botanical Gardens in the U.K. The aims of the
project are as follows:
To collect and conserve seed of 10% of the
world's flowering plants, mainly from the drylands, by the year 2010
To collect and conserve seed from the majority
of U.K. species by the year 2000
To make most of the seeds available for research
through benefit sharing in accordance with the Convention on Biological
Diversity
To carry out research to improve seedbanking
methods and to assemble a seed information database
To transfer technology to collaborating
countries by providing research and training opportunities
To build a facility by the year 2000, next to
the present KEW seedbank, to house the above projects and to provide a place for
public interpretation
The funding for this project will be provided by the Millennium Commission, one of the UK's national lottery fund distributors. The Commission has granted up to 30 million pounds for this project.
