I don’t know the details, but this kind of restoration sounds problematic. The safest way is to let the natural seed bank work. To bring seeds from somewhere else means to mix different genotypes, which can lead to the loss of some of the genotypes naturally occuring there. I hope they thought this through properly - the whole case might be rather interesting.
They’re not necessarily seeds from other places. Could be from 500 meters away. But it’ll speed things up a bit, maybe stop some soil erosion from happening by skipping a season or two of barren land.
Reminds me of those “wholesome” stories about little Bobby and his elementary school class fixing the environment by doing something the government is responsible for.
I don’t know the details, but this kind of restoration sounds problematic. The safest way is to let the natural seed bank work. To bring seeds from somewhere else means to mix different genotypes, which can lead to the loss of some of the genotypes naturally occuring there. I hope they thought this through properly - the whole case might be rather interesting.
They’re not necessarily seeds from other places. Could be from 500 meters away. But it’ll speed things up a bit, maybe stop some soil erosion from happening by skipping a season or two of barren land.
Would be nice if OOP shared a link to the story instead of just a meme image, then the comments would be much more informed.
Edit: OOP has shared a link to the story. They are using native seeds. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-53532912
Seems wildly inefficient, but we haven’t seen it in action nor seen the results after a year or three.
Reminds me of those “wholesome” stories about little Bobby and his elementary school class fixing the environment by doing something the government is responsible for.