Introducing the Seed to Forest Alliance

The Seed to Forest Alliance will enable rapid scaling of native forest restoration around the globe. Our first challenge is to solve one of the most critical, yet overlooked bottlenecks in reforestation today: seed supply.
Without seeds, we will not reach 1 trillion trees.
Learn more about the Seed to Forest Alliance
Maria José “Chochi” Iturralde
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Founder and CEO
Humans for Abundance, Ecuador

“Terraformation is amazing at building capacity in complex restoration endeavors. We get the infrastructure and economic resources to sustain long-term transformation, and also such high-quality training and constant guidance that the project has no other alternative but to succeed.”

Olesya Solomina
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Co-Founder
ReClimate, Ukraine

“Thanks to the work with Terraformation, we’ve realized the first in-country biodiverse forest. Terraformation’s commitment and contribution have become crucial in creating jobs and supporting livelihoods of the community in these unprecedented times.”

Beau Milliken
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Co-Founder/Co-CEO
Kijani Forestry, Uganda

“Terraformation's technical guidance and capabilities have been instrumental in establishing a sustainable and dependable seed source for our growing business. Their guidance in hardware along with their software and training materials have helped us grow our seed capacity in both numbers and species.”

Chilekwa Kangwa
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CEO
Action for Nature, Zambia

"Terraformation has built the capacity of our team and has enabled the training of over 100 community members prioritizing youths and women. Terraformation's support, including their training in seed collection and nursery management, will ultimately enable vulnerable populations who suffer severe climate change effects.”

Chilekwa Kangwa
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CEO
Action for Nature, Zambia

"Terraformation has built the capacity of our team and has enabled the training of over 100 community members prioritizing youths and women. Terraformation's support, including their training in seed collection and nursery management, will ultimately enable vulnerable populations who suffer severe climate change effects.”

A more sustainable world

Call to Action

We’re calling on companies, foundations, philanthropists, NGOs, and academic institutions to become founding members of the Seed to Forest Alliance in the common pursuit of a more sustainable world. Founding members will support the establishment of a global seed solutions network through thought leadership, awareness building, and financial support of organizations driving forest restoration on the ground.
Benefits
Impact
Together, we seek to enable 1,000 new forest creators across the globe with seed supply solutions, and training in collection and seed banking, by 2025.
Exposure
The Alliance provides a platform to disseminate thought leadership and scientific understanding as well as to generate exposure for the critical need to support restorationists worldwide.
Collaboration
The Alliance offers semi-annual networking and collaboration opportunities to share results, best practices, and expertise.
The research

Why seed
supply matters
to reforestation