A fine new #OpenAccess paper by my colleagues at NCF #ncfindia jointly with #agroforestry owners/managers, highlighting the potential of shade #coffee agroforests as native plant and seed sources to support #EcologicalRestoration and diversifying native saplings for agroforests themselves. This also holds the potential for more ethical seed and seedling sourcing and reducing the native seed collection impacts/dependence on #forest remnants.
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.70046

Tropical #rainforests in the making... Saplings of over 100 species of native trees in the Nature Conservation Foundation #ncfindia rainforest plant nursery in the Anamalais being nurtured for #EcologicalRestoration planting in a couple of months. The nursery is housed in space provided by partner #TataCoffee.

On #WomensDay2025 a voice from home ... Divya Mudappa from #NCFIndia on #hornbills, #ecologicalRestoration and what motivates her to study #rainforests and work for their #conservation.
https://india.mongabay.com/2025/03/restoring-rainforests-in-conversation-with-divya-mudappa-interview/

This #Editorial summarizes the contributions to the Special Issue ‘#BiodiversityConservation and #EcologicalRestoration of vulnerable ecosystems in the Anthropocene’, established under the Journal of Plant Ecology.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae074

A critique by Rohan Arthur and myself of the "restoration" plans for Great Nicobar. In the latest issue of #Frontline. Do read, boost, share...
#AndamanNicobar #islands #EcologicalRestoration #Biodiversity #conservation
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-island-andaman-ecological-development-coral-reefs-marine-ecosystems-climate-change/article69158539.ece

A mataī seedling (Prumnopitys taxifolia), black pine. It's probably at least a couple of hundred years or more since seedlings of this species have appeared in this area south of the Wairau River.
The closest I've seen have been to the north in Pukaka Valley about 15km away.
Normally dioecious. I'm curious to know where pollen came from to pollinate this tree, and fortunate that this one's a female.
My (now deceased) father planted a tree 40-50 years ago, and now it's finally mature enough to fruit.
The irony is I never intended to return to my childhood home, but if I hadn't the property would have been sold, and someone would probably have cut the mataī down, unaware of its endemic status.
Although not endangered, these lowland podocarps are now uncommon and having one seeding in the Blenheim Ecological District is probably quite unique.
#newzeland #tree #botany #ecologicalrestoration #inspiredbynature