Thailand seed bombs: aerial reforestation to foster new growth on damaged land by 2017

The Thai government has initiated a five-year pilot project that uses aerial reforestation to boost forest regeneration.
Aerial reforestation is a technique used to quickly plant large numbers of new trees. Local tree seeds are mixed with soil and shaped into small balls called seed bombs. The seed bombs are dropped from airplanes over deteriorated forests.
On Wednesday the Royal Thai Air Force loaded the seed bombs into a plane and dropped them over 5,000 rai of a wildlife sanctuary in Phitsanulok province, the Bangkok Post reported.
Seeds from local plants including phayungs, maka mongs and kaboks have been dropped with the aim of regenerating the area and transforming it into a healthy, green forest by 2017.
According to a 1999 report in the Guardian, aerial reforestation can be used in any area that used to contain trees, and even in some deserts.

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