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Worldwide > Opportunities > Internships - Kew's Centre for Economic Botany
Internships - Kew's Centre for Economic BotanyInternships lasting three to six months are available in the Centre for Economic Botany (CEB). We are currently involved in a wide range of research topics relating to useful plants, focusing on the United Kingdom and on the world's tropical arid and semi-arid regions. An internship here offers the opportunity to gain experience in aspects of economic botany and ethnobotany relating to collections, taxonomy and information retrieval and dissemination. Internships do not involve fieldwork or, in CEB, work with living plants. Interns will also become familiar with the range of work carried out in a large botanic garden and local and online resources. Most interns have had a biological training, but a background in anthropology, archaeological science, archives or history of science may also be appropriate. In general we prefer interns who have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, as this allows interns to undertake more advanced work. The first step for potential applicants is to read these notes, and to read carefully the CEB web pages. Then email or fax us with a short curriculum vitae, and a letter (200-400 words) about your interests (we will try to tailor your work at CEB to match these), career plans, academic or field experience, and proposed dates. Please give names and email addresses for two referees. There is no application form, unless your internship is sponsored by an institution (e.g. as a work placement during a degree course). Preliminary enquiries should be made as far in advance as possible, with formal applications made at least three months before the proposed starting date. For further details, please visit http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/ecbot/ecbot-intern.html |
Botanic Gardens: Using Biodiversity to Improve Human Well-being
 BGCI believes that biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction must be linked if we are to succeed in either aim. This report highlights how botanic gardens across the world are involved in a variety of projects that use biodiversity to improve human well-being. |