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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">The First International Principles and Standards for Native Seeds in Ecological Restoration were just published in a Special Issue of Restoration Ecology (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1526100x/2020/28/S3" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1526100x/2020/28/S3</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">).
The entire issue, including the standards themselves and the research articles supporting the development of those standards, are all Open Access (i.e., free to read, download and share), thanks in large part to the generous support of two PCA Federal Cooperators:
the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. These standards pave a new road for greater international collaboration, and offer a ray of hope for plant conservation and restoration around the world.</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">The Society for Ecological Restoration’s International Network for Seed-based Restoration (SER INSR) hosted a webinar yesterday evening (9/2) to officially launch the native seed standards. If you missed the launch, you can watch
the recorded webinar here: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ser.org/news/524574/Open-Access-International-Seed-Standards-Launch-Introductory-Webinar-and-Panel.htm" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://www.ser.org/news/524574/Open-Access-International-Seed-Standards-Launch-Introductory-Webinar-and-Panel.htm</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Congratulations to everyone involved in this historic effort!</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Detailed Information about the Special Issue:</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">*From: Restoration Ecology</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">*Editors: Simone </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="color:#201F1E">Pedrini</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">, Kingsley W. Dixon, Adam T. Cross</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">*Date: August 2020</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">*Abstract from Forward: </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">Restoration practitioners must increasingly incorporate seed procurement models and seed use planning early in project development, despite insufficient guidance about what are reasonable expectations
for the sourcing and use of native seeds. This special issue presents a series of articles examining each key step in the native seed supply chain, and provides a framework for the “standards” that need to be applied to native seed batches if the native seed
supply chain is to achieve the levels of reliability and transparency required. These Standards provide seed buyers, end users, and funding bodies with a level of confidence and reliability in the sourcing of quality native seeds, and a pathway toward global
best practice in native seed use.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#201F1E">*OPEN ACCESS: </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1526100x/2020/28/S3" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1526100x/2020/28/S3</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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