Seeding resilient restoration: an indicator system for the analysis of tree seed systems

Atkinson, Rachel J., Thomas, Evert, Roscioli, Federico, Cornelius, Jonathan P., Zamora-Cristales, Rene, Franco Chuaire, Maria, Alcázar, Carolina, Mesén, Francisco, Lopez, Hariet, Ipinza, Roberto, Donoso, Pablo J., Gallo, Leonardo, Nieto, Victor, Ugarte, Julio, Sáenz-Romero, Cuauhtémoc, Fremout, Tobias, Jalonen, Riina, Gaisberger, Hannes, Vinceti, Barbara, Valette, Michel, Bosshard, Ennia, Ekué, Marius, Guerra, Gabriela Wiederkehr, and Kettle, Chris (2021) Seeding resilient restoration: an indicator system for the analysis of tree seed systems. Diversity, 13 (8). 367.

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Abstract

Achieving multi-million-hectare commitments from countries around the world to restore degraded lands in resilient and sustainable ways requires, among other things, huge volumes of tree planting material. Seed systems encompassing all forest reproductive material (e.g., seeds, cuttings, stakes, and wildings), are key to ensuring that sufficient planting material with a diverse range of suitable species, adapted to local conditions and capable of persisting under a changing climate, is available for restoration projects. The ideal structure of a seed system integrates five components: seed selection and innovation, seed harvesting and production, market access, supply and demand, quality control, and an enabling environment. We propose 15 indicators to evaluate these key components and trial them by assessing national seed systems in 7 Latin American countries. We conclude that the indicators enable a straightforward assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of national seed systems, thus assisting governments to identify key areas for improvement and opportunities for horizontal learning.

Item ID: 70209
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1424-2818
Keywords: Argentina, Chile, Climate change, Colombia, Costa Rica, Diversity, Forest genetic resources, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Seed system
Copyright Information: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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