GROW AFRICA

Planting endangered African trees for forest restoration and carbon sequestration

With this new project we aim to promote direct action to safeguard and restore biodiversity and related ecosystem services, and contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The project will review the potential for African botanic gardens to develop propagation protocols and grow indigenous tree species for carbon capture and storage projects. A particular emphasis will be placed on African tree species that are threatened with extinction in their natural habitats.

Key questions addressed by research:

1. Which threatened trees are in cultivation in African botanic gardens?

2. Which African trees show the greatest potential to be used in carbon capture and storage projects?

3. What capacity do identified African gardens have to support ex situ conservation and restoration of threatened trees? (in terms of information management, propagation, staff)

4. Where should trial sites be located?

5. Can these schemes link into current forestry policy mechanisms, such as REDD, whilst remaining community-led?

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