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'Seed Transfer Zones' will help restore Brazil's degraded land
https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/seed-transfer-zones-will-help-restore-brazils-degraded-land/Alex Morrison
Seeds collected by Indigenous groups in the Amazon, Brazil. Credit Carol Quintanilha / ISA
Scientists have identified “Seed Transfer Zones” to help restore vast areas of degraded land in Brazil.
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Using unsuitable seeds can compromise restoration projects, reducing survival, resilience and long-term ecosystem recovery.
Due to climate change by the year 2100, the study projects “mismatches” between current and future seed zones on 51-88% of Brazil’s land.
This means restoration projects designed only around the current climate may struggle in the future.
Future distribution of the STZs, considering an optimistic (SSP1) and pessimistic (SSP5) greenhouse gas emissions scenario.
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Silva, M., Junqueira, A. B., Guimarães, P., Celentano, D., Murer, B., Fremout, T., Thomas, E., Kettle, C., Damasceno, E., Medeiros, A., Dutra-Silva, R., Borghetti, F., Piña-Rodrigues, F., Gomes, A., Maioli, V., Pennington, R. T., Rowland, L., & Malta, E. (2026). Brazil seed transfer zones: Supporting seed sourcing for climate-resilient ecosystem restoration. Plants, People, Planet, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70217Seeds collected by Indigenous groups in the Amazon, Brazil. Credit Carol Quintanilha / ISA
Scientists have identified “Seed Transfer Zones” to help restore vast areas of degraded land in Brazil.
…
Using unsuitable seeds can compromise restoration projects, reducing survival, resilience and long-term ecosystem recovery.
Due to climate change by the year 2100, the study projects “mismatches” between current and future seed zones on 51-88% of Brazil’s land.
This means restoration projects designed only around the current climate may struggle in the future.
Future distribution of the STZs, considering an optimistic (SSP1) and pessimistic (SSP5) greenhouse gas emissions scenario.
…