Conserving Madagascar's Plant Diversity: Kew's Madagascar Threatened Plants Project

Summary. This paper outlines the work of the Madagascar Threatened Plants Project(TPP), partly financed by the Friends of Kew. Several species of orchids, palms and succulents are being studied and propagated as trial subjects. At the same time funds are used to improve the infrastructure of Malagasy Institutions actively involved in plant conservation, and to train post-graduate students who will be the next generation of Malagasy botanists, conservationists and horticulturists.