In this talk, Dr. Tiziana Ulian explores the full natural capital value of seeds beyond their economic value and how seeds play a vital role not only in halting and reversing the current biodiversity loss but also in how seeds constitute the assets for nature-based solutions to tackle some of the biggest societal challenges we are facing today, such as food insecurity, poverty, climate change, and deforestation.
Dr Tiziana Ulian is a Senior Research Leader (Sustainable Use, Seeds, and Solutions) at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K. She has over 20 years of experience leading projects contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and supporting the livelihoods of local communities across Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East (30 projects in 18 countries). She has over 100 publications and she is the lead editor and co-author of the book 'Wild Plants for a Sustainable Future'(2019), which aims to promote the conservation of wild multipurpose plants in agriculture and reforestation projects. She is Italian and holds a Ph. D from the Natural Resources Institutes (NRI) of the University of Greenwich in the U.K. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
