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Reforestation dogs (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems wildly inefficient, but we haven't seen it in action nor seen the results after a year or three.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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.