Dr. Kate Hardwick

Kate did some early research on seed germination of native forest species as FORRU-CMU was first being conceived, returning to CMU to carry out fieldwork for her PhD on forest regeneration with the University of Wales. She now works for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , UK as Asia coordinator for the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership , and is the UK Project Co-ordinator for the Garfield Weston Global Tree Seed Bank – Thailand project, in which FORRU is a key partner.

Key publications:

1. Di Sacco , A., Hardwick, K.A., Blakesley, D., Brancalion, P.H. S., Breman, E., Cecilio Rebola, L. Chomba, S., Dixon, K., Elliott, S., Ruyonga, G., Shaw, K., Smith, P., Smith, R.J. & Antonelli, A., 2021. Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15498 . OPEN ACCESS.
2. Pedrini, S., Gibson‐Roy, P., Trivedi, C., Gálvez‐Ramírez, C., Hardwick, K., Shaw, N., Frischie, S., Laverack, G., & Dixon, K., 2020. Collection and production of native seeds for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13190 . OPEN ACCESS.
3. Gargiulo, R., Worswick, G., Arnold, C., Pike, L., Cowan, R.S., Hardwick, K.A., Chapman, T., Fay, M.F., 2019. Conservation of the threatened species Pulsatilla vulgaris (L.) Mill. is aided by reproductive system and polyploidy. Journal of Heredity, 2019, 1–13.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz035 . OPEN ACCESS.
4. Hardwick, K, P. Fiedler, L. Lee, B. Pavlik, R. Hobbs, S. Hopper, J. Aronson, M. Bidartondo, E. Black, D. Coates, M. Daws, K. Dixon, S. Elliott, K. Ewing, G. Gann, D. Gibbons, J. Gratzfeld, M. Hamilton, D. Hardman, J. Harris, P. Holmes, D. Mabberley, A. Mackenzie, C. Magdelena, R. Marrs, M. Ramsay, P. Smith, N. Taylor, C. Trivedi, M. Way, O. Whaley, 2011. Defining the role of botanic gardens in the science and practice of ecological restoration. Conservation Biology, 25(2):265-275.

Email: k.hardwick@kew.org