Millennium Seed Bank - Cruickshank on Kew: The Garden That Changed the World - BBC Two

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About the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k7nww
As the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew prepare to celebrate their 250th anniversary, Dan Cruickshank unearths some of the surprising stories that shaped the famous gardens. His travels take him from the royal gardens to the corridors of power and the outposts of Empire as he pieces together Kew's story, uncovering tales of bravery, high adventure, passion and drama.

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[NickSmith9021]

@LabRat6619

For what end? For saving the species, of course. They have priorities, critical endangered plant seeds are top of the list to store. If a plant species is extinct in the wild, then they could use the stored seeds to be reintroduce. Extinction is forever, and an extinction of one species could mean the lost of a possible cure that could be extracted from it.

San Diago Zoo store DNA, sperm, eggs, and embryos from the world's rarest and most endangered species, called "Frozen Zoo".

[ViolentKisses87]

Its just the idea of climate change and the die off of likely many species that can't adapt.

But in reality humans are the most adaptable species on the planet and for most developed countries it will be more of a economic problem than a survival problem The only thing about climate change we really have to worry about is food and water and subsequent conflict.

Desertification of land causes desperate people to do desperate things

Remember that.

[LabRat6619]

Have nobody asked the question WHY? A massive amount of effort and money, for what end?

I think Kew Gardens might have information we do not, as to what we humans can expect quite soon!

Are animal egg cells also be stored somewhere else, preparing for the global catastrophy??

[tux1981]

is there any chance that anyone watched this on tv cos there was some music at the end of the episode and i just wondered if anyone fancied finding the episode and finding out what the song was?it would be much appriciated.

[Cheploscam]

its the modern ARK

[aswolf]

That's great, really

[ECTBWHO]

interesting.

[levdup]

Weyyy im doing my biology as level on this!!

[wolfbtthead]

oh wow

[Choo69]

nice to know we have seeds to fall back on when we starve