The Last Great Plant Hunt. The story of Kew's Millenium Seed Bank. 2011. col. photogr. 191 p. 4to. Hardcover.

As human adapt to a changing climate and planet, there is a pressing need for wild plant seed banks, and an urgent effort to conserve all plant diversity. Kew's Millenium Seed Bank is a unique, global asset.

The largest seed bank of its kind in the world dedicated to the wild plant species, it contains the world's most diverse seed collections. Over the past 10 years more than 3.5 billion seeds from nearly 25.000 species have been collected and stored in seed banks both in their country of origin and in the seed bank.

The book deals with the importance of seed collecting, the process of collecting and taking care of seeds, the uses of banked seed, and the future of seed conservation worldwide.