Cowardly, hypocritical behaviour of a specialist horticultural Society - Chris Chadwell

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Chris Chadwell's Travels & Blogs

NEPAL - snowy peaks, prayer wheels, showy flowers, Namastes
ALASKA - glaciers, miniature alpine flowers, king salmon & sea-otters
KASHMIR - shikaras, sacred lotuses, kingfishers, alpine flowers, forests
SWAT Valley, PAKISTAN - celebration of & support for Malala Yousafzai
HIMALAYAN PLANT HUNTER in NZ
WILD FLOWERS Iver & District BLOG
UK Travel BLOG (places & plants)
HOW did CHRIS Chadwell's EXPEDITIONS to HIMALAYA begin? BADLY! Betrayed by team ...

Fund-raising for & Donating to, Charities in the Indian sub-continent & UK

Introduction: BEWARE of FRAUD.
BRITAIN-NEPAL MEDICAL TRUST - BBC lies end Chris' fund-raising..
WALLINGTON Memorial lectures for Nepalese medical charity

Chadwell Seeds (Est. 1984)

SEED CATALOGUE 2018
GERMINATION EXPERIMENTS
MORAL to SELL SEED to STUDY & CONSERVE Himalayan flora?
Chris' SEED SUPPLIERS

Travel Advice in the Himalaya

Keeping your COMPANIONS & NEPALESE GUIDES & PORTERS SAFE
ACCIDENTS & Emergencies in NEPAL
Keeping HEALTHY in the HIMALAYA

Himalayan Plant Association

JOIN NOW.... Introduction.
WORLD'S BEST Seed Exchange
'WORLD'S SMALLEST BOTANICAL GARDEN BLOG' - Kohli Memorial
BBC GARDENERS' WORLD (Geoff Hamilton) FILMING Kohli Garden
Back-copies of HPA Journals
HISTORY of the KOHLI GARDEN
Himalayan plants grown from seed collected by Edinburgh Bot' Garden!
CHRIS' introductions growing at KEW & other botanic gardens
Photos Himalayan plants in gardens
Photos of Himalayan plants in the wild
'PUTTING BACK' to the HIMALAYA: CHRIS sets EXAMPLE for others
KOHLI Memorial GOLD Medals - significant CONTRIBUTIONS study ... conservation Himalayan flora
Who is the HPA dedicated to?
KOHLI Commemorative EVENTS
'ROYAL CONNECTION' with Kohli
Kohli Recommended: DON'T BAN collection & cultivation seeds
Photo exhibits Royal Hort' Society
P.KOHLI & CO. (Est. 1928)
Joan Bacon botanical artist for HPA - Harris Memorial Medal winner
George Taylor FUNDED Himalayan EXPEDITIONS selling seed!
Beware of false information on the internet, in mainstream media and so-called 'scientific' journals!

Corrupt botanists, officials, governments India, Nepal & UK!

VIOLATED by INCOMPETENT BBC liar - Chris SUICIDAL; FIGHTING back!
BBC HARMS Himalaya, KILLING poor Nepalese, aiding corrupt officials! Wicked Indian government laws will lead to extinction of plants.
Are the British Government & BBC EVIL and CORRUPT? Surely not ....
The GIANT CONSERVATION CON!
Where have ALL the FLOWERS gone? AMATEURS can SAVE rare plants! Botanic Gardens can't do it alone ..
Only thing needed for TRIUMPH of EVIL is GOOD men to do NOTHING
Chris RISKED LIFE & health to properly study Himalayan flora; whilst COWARDLY, IDLE, CORRUPT Indian botanists sit in offices INVENTING supposedly 'endangered' species!
"Rape & Destruction" of Himalayan flora by Indian botanists, falsely claiming this to be 'ex-situ' conservation .. Discover the TRUTH!
Chris respects peoples of Himalaya, not corrupt politicians, botanists, international bodies nor famous Brits endorsing fake charities ....

Plant Conservation & Botanical Projects in the Himalaya

Turn Ladakh deserts GREEN - why Indian government not interested?
Giant Himalayan Stinging Nettles, SAVIOURS of VILLAGES - Nepal government not interested!
PROJECTS DAMAGING HIMALAYA
Flowers fit for DALAI LAMA Project
Planting 'native' tree species in Ladakh
Extinction British & Himalayan species
Digital Photographic Monographs to NW Himalayan Genera (Primula..)
CHRIS IDENTIFIES PLANTS for free ..
A-Z N-W HIMALAYAN FLORA - virtual PHOTOGRAPHIC 'herbarium'
FLORA of LADAKH ('Little Tibet')
CORRECTLY identified entries to 'efloraofIndia' (NW Himalaya)
Correctly identified entries to 'efloraofIndia' (Eastern Himalaya)
Misidentified entries in 'efloraofIndia' (North-West Himalaya)
Misidentified entries in 'efloraofIndia' (Eastern Himalaya)
Research at Kew, Natural History Museum (London), Ann Arbor & New York Botan' Garden herbaria
How to CORRECTLY and reliably identify wild and cultivated flowers
How to GENUINELY conserve rare plants around the world? Disband
PROJECTS DAMAGING HIMALAYA
U.K. gardeners NOT interested in VICTIMS of Nepal Earthquake
GIANT Plant Conservation CON!
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? HOW AMATEURS CAN HELP SAVE THE PLANT WORLD!
Small-minded secrecy long been integral feature of British Botanic..
ILLEGALLY collected specimens HIDDEN at Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
EDINBURGH staff COLLECT SEED in NEPAL. Why no investigation?
CHRIS collected OFFICIALLY for Royal Botanic Garden, EDINBURGH!
'Holier than thou' Institutions in UK
Cowardly, hypocritical behaviour of a specialist horticultural Society
Did Polunin & Stainton, authors 'Flowers of the Himalaya', have permission to collect seed & botanical specimens? Probably not.
Distress caused by adverse publicity - Chris never paid bribes in India; perhaps this is his problem?

Chris Chadwell's Ethical conduct

Chris: ENTERPRISING, HARD-WORKING, HONEST & RELIABLE!
How can YOU help Chris?
Tabloid journalism at its worse

Is Chris a hero or villain?

Disgraceful article by UK journalist destroyed reputation Nepalese porter died saving foreigners!
'Penguins' on Everest cause damage; OK as pay lots of money...
Correspondence with the BBC
Chris respects peoples of Himalaya

COWARDLY LYING BBC and INDIAN/NEPALESE OFFICIALS

MURDERED Indian politician supplied Chris seed - BBC COVER-UP!
Nine LIES in BBC on-line article which damaged Chris' REPUTATION
Collecting SEED doesn't damage environment! BBC is lying!
Why does BBC employ NEPALESE GOVERNMENT'S SPIN-DOCTOR? Khadka harms & KILLS his own people!
BBC's 'crocodile tears' contribute to millions staying in extreme poverty
"BLOOD ON BBC HANDS" - blaming 'foreigners' for all Nepal's woes
BBC Cover-Up failed attempt to HOSPITALIZE Chris by Singh Khadka!
COMPLAINT against dishonest BBC
BBC stops Chris' charity fund-raising
IGNORANT, INGLORIOUS BBC
GREATEST RISK to Himalayan flora - being DUG-UP by INDIAN botanists!
'STUPID' Indian laws to 'protect' flora will LEAD to EXTINCTIONS!
Indian & Nepalese offcials should first get "THEIR HOUSE IN ORDER"!
Botanical Survey of India - NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE! Isolationist & Lazy
International bodies INGENUOUS or GUILTY encouraging fraudulent claims of 'endangered' plants ...
Do you expect stupid people to love you for showing them up?
Corruption in India (and Nepal)
'Christ of Himalayan plants' - saintly glow; simplicity; great person'!
DEATH SENTENCE CONSERVATION in India. Why BBC not investigating - INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT Khadka..

Accurately Identified Himalayan plants

Books
Floras/check-lists NW Himalaya
On-line resources
Herbarium specimens - gbif
Newsletter of Himalayan Botany

Misidentifed & omitted Himalayan species

Introduction
Google searches from 'The Plant List'
Corrections to efloraofIndia
Ethnobotanical Studies
Reports
Reviews of Floras
Reviews of so-called 'Taxonomic Revisions' of Genera
Other books
In Cultivation
In Herbaria (pressed specimens)

Fraudulent, claims of Himalayan species being 'Endangered'

Why draw attention to such incorrect information? Telling the truth matters.
INCOMPETENT & Fraudulent CAMP Methodology SCANDALOUSLY accepted by International Bodies! Why no BBC investigation? Corruption....
'Critically Endangered' Himalayan plants which are no such thing!
FAKE Conference Reports
Inaccurate articles in journals
FALSE entries CITES (Convention International Trade Endangered Species)
FALSE claims of 'Endangered'
Incompetent 'conservationists'...
Incorrect claims Himalayan plants from India being 'new-to-science'!
FAKE ex-situ conservation 'Critically Endangered' Himalayan plants

Questionable conventions, protocols, 'laws', articles and journals (printed and on-line)

Nagoya protocol - my concerns
Convention on Biological Diversity - have duties been implemented?
'Open Access' Journals - 'dodgy'?
Reviews of On-line articles

British Wild Flowers

Wild Flowers of Iver & District Blog
Botanical Tour of Wales 2012
Good quality web-sites of British flora
How to identify British Wild Flowers?
How to improve your plant identification skills?
Free identification service for British wild and naturalised plants
Taking plant identification seriously
Flora Cardiganshire Arthur Chater
Orchids
Aliens - escapes!
Grasses
Ferns & fern Allies
Mushrooms & toadstools (Simon Hill, Mycologist, Remembered)
Mosses & liverworts
Hedgerows & woodlands
Streams, marshes & bogs
Meadows & pastures
Vegetation of river corridors Upper Wye, Upper Severn & Upper Usk
Contributions to Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (B.S.B.I.)
B.S.B.I. News - comments
Every species in Langley Tetrad (2km x 2km) for B.S.B.I. 2020 Atlas
Extinction of British & Himalayan species
Analysis of trends in British flora

Chris Chadwell in the UK

Chris - India's friend...
As a child in Cranleigh
Lodge Farm Junior School, Stevenage
The Barclay School, Stevenage, home, in the 1970s, to some excellent teachers but regrettably, also imbecilic bullies - mostly within his own class, several of whom should have been permanently excluded!
National Trust Conservation Camps
Laboratory Assistant, Unilever Ltd.
Untitled
University Hill-walking Club
Botany at Southampton University
Dr Peter Edwards - top lecturer
Botany Ph.D. that never was ...
Police Constable (briefly); invaluable training for challenging situations
Coming to rescue of people about to be assaulted; police training helped
P.G.C.E. (Science) Open University
Volunteer Numeracy Tutor to adults & maths teacher to teenagers
Challenging racist attitudes ....
Saving local nature reserve
Labour candidate in local election
Team-leader survey of riverside vegetation, Wales (UWIST)
Surveyor, Wales Field Unit, NCC

Chadwells of Iver & district

Chadwells in Iver since 1720; in & around Slough since 1600s
Pamela Chadwell (nee Channon) - genealogist and local historian
Flt Lt John Chadwell - Lancaster bomber pilot at end of WWII
Antony 'Tony' Chadwell
Lt. Leonard Chadwell MC
Douglas Chalk NDH, horticultural adviser, lecturer & nurseryman
The Acland connection - Sir Richard, co-founder CND & 'Common Wealth' political party, admirable idealist
'Crooked Streets'.. poor must die
Langley (Berks)

Cowardly, hypocritical behaviour of a specialist horticultural Society

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