Increasing publicly available tools for climate-smart seed sourcing and forest restoration
Problem:
Tree populations tend to be adapted to the historical climate where they are found. Rapid climate change has caused a mismatch between the climate that tree populations have adapted to and the climate they now grow in.
Approach:
Research using common garden experiments, genomics, climate modeling.
Solution:
The Climate-Adapted Seed Tool (CAST) helps ecosystem managers identify seed sources that are pre-adapted to local climate conditions at their planting sites, where and when to plant post-fire to reduce mismatch between tree productivity and warmer climate. Check out more of Emily Moran's work at https://reforestationtools.org/
