London's Kew Gardens will help protect Australia's plants following fires

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London will help the emergency seed collection and store precious specimens at its Millennium Seed Bank (MSB).

Personnel from Fire and Rescue NSW monitor a bushfire as it approaches a home in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020.

Personnel from Fire and Rescue NSW monitor a bushfire as it approaches a home in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020.

(photo credit: LOREN ELLIOTT/REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020 10:20