Seed to Forest Alliance: Forestry groups team up for global seed bank drive

Cecilia Keating
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Credit: Terraformation

Scheme aims to connect forestry groups with funding, technology, and training that can build up local seed supplies and enable biodiverse reforestation at scale

A new initiative has been launched that aims to tackle a global seed supply shortage that experts claim fear could hamper corporate and government tree-planting targets. The new Seed to Forest Alliance,...

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