We grow the seedlings for our trees from carefully selected seeds in a nursery in Chuina, Campeche, where up to four million seedlings grow at any one time. Of course, we need a good 20% more seeds than we actually want to plant because not every seed grows into a plantable seedling. Our ecologists have to collect 25% of the seeds themselves in intact forests, because not all seed varieties can be purchased.
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