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Plant Taxonomy Skills for

Ecology and Conservation
The Plant Taxonomy Skills for Ecology and Course breakdown
Conservation course is organised by the
Weeks 1–3 Weeks 4 & 5
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in collaboration
(4–22 July) (15–26 August)
with the University of Ghana. The course runs
in a hybrid online/in-person format, with three ONLINE GHANA
weeks of online content and two weeks of Taxonomy Herbarium
practical learning, including the development Nomenclature Taxonomy project
of a taxonomy project in the herbarium of Accra, Conservation One-day field trip
and a one-day field trip to Shai Hills (Ghana).
Application requirements
Who is it for? You must be:
The course is tailored for botany students or • a citizen of an African Union member state
field botanists from Africa who have the ambition • fluent in English
to conduct taxonomic work independently, such
as taxonomic revisions, new species descriptions You will need:
or floristic treatments. In addition, successful • application form
candidates will learn about a range of plant • curriculum vitae
conservation outputs to increase the impact • recommendation letter
of their taxonomic work. Deadline: 31 March 2022
For more information email: science@kew.org
What does the course include?
Students will benefit from remote access to Link to the application form:
online content, and one-on-one teaching with Kew https://forms.office.com/r/KyUtbAR0yx
experts in taxonomy and conservation. Successful
applicants will receive financial support to cover
transport, accommodation and visa expenses for
travel to Ghana, and necessary equipment will be
provided by the organisation (laptops, hand lenses
and bibliography).