Resilience and recovery
Scientists restore rare mangroves after devastating storm damage
China Daily |
Updated: 2025-11-20 08:52
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Zeng Dehua, head of the ecological study center at the Sanya Academy of Forestry, said that no natural germination from the seeds of these mother trees has been recorded since 2015.
Scientists have spared no effort in cracking that bottleneck. Thanks to advances in technologies related to seed cultivation and storage, the artificial germination rate has increased from about 0.3 percent to 6 percent, according to Wang Bingyu, a researcher at the Sanya Academy of Forestry, with some 3,000 saplings expected to be grown within a year.
