Crawford, Andrew D.   (fl.1990s-2000s)

Andrew has a PhD and is the manager of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions' Western Australian Seed Centre which is housed in the Keiran McNamara Conservation Science Centre in Kensington.

Andrew has been collecting native seeds for over 30 years and started seed conservation work with the department in 2001. His work covers all aspects of the seed conservation process; from seed collection and processing, to seed storage and testing, generating plants for translocations, as well as seed focused research aiding in threatened species management and recovery.

In his own words (2022):

". . . in 1991 I was undertaking an undergraduate degree in Horticultural Science. More significantly, I would be returning for my third season of commercial seed collecting. This balance of academic knowledge and practical seed collecting skills would stand me in good stead for my future career.

"Fast forward ten years and I started working for the then Department of Conservation and Land Management (now the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions) at Western Australia's conservation seed bank, the Threatened Flora Seed Centre (TFSC), which now forms part of the Western Australian Seed Centre.

"I was employed to undertake seed conservation work as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP), a global effort to conserve seed led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

"When I started, there were few conservation seed banks in Australia. Thanks largely to the MSBP, every Australian state and territory now has a conservation seed bank.

"With so many agencies across Australia involved with the MSBP, the Australian Seed Conservation and Research (AuSCaR) network was formed. This network has matured into the Australian Seed Bank Partnership (ASBP)."

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Crawford-10
https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/drb-presents-andrewcrawford/
Australasian Plant Conservation, Vol.30, No.3, February 2022, p.13
Portrait Photo: Australasian Plant Conservation, Vol.30, No.3, February 2022, p.13.

Collecting localities for 'Crawford, A. and Crawford, A.D.' from AVH (2025)

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