The Indigenous Seed Collection Program at the National Tree Seed Centre in Fredericton is helping preserve native tree species threatened by climate change, invasive insects and other pressures. The program combines scientific seed collection with Indigenous knowledge.
Fredericton’s National Tree Seed Centre works with communities to preserve native seeds for the future
Polina Kozlova · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 08, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Participants in the Indigenous seed collection program excise embryos, learning about the seed anatomy during an in-lab training session. (Submitted by Mary Knockwood)
For Indigenous communities, a seed can represent much more than the beginning of a plant.
It can carry language, culture, traditional knowledge and a connection to the land.
That is why the National Tree Seed Centre in Fredericton is working with Indigenous communities across Canada to collect and preserve native seeds through its Indigenous seed collection program.
The program, launched in 2022, aims to protect plant species that could be threatened by climate change, invasive species or other environmental pressures.
Mary Knockwood, the Indigenous programs manager at the Atlantic Forestry Centre,
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