Seed Sources

Lack of enough native seed stock has previously hampered large scale rehabilitation on mines. DNS has systematically addressed this issue through a range of strategies:

building relationships with landholders, including mining companies, to gain access to stands of vegetation suitable for harvest.
large investments in DNS harvesting capacity and associated storage capacity.
development of relationships with independent seed harvest operators allowing large investment in seed stock procurement.
purchase by DNS of properties with excellent native seed resources.
establishment of both broadscale (rainfed) and intensive (irrigated) seed production areas (SPAs) on our own properties.

The gallery below highlights some of these seed sources.

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