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.

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前言：生态恢复中本地种子的国际标准

尽管从业者对本地种子的采购和使用的合理预期缺乏足够的指导，但恢复从业人员必须在项目开发的早期就越来越多地纳入种子采购模型和种子使用计划。本期特刊提供了一系列文章，探讨了本地种子供应链中的每个关键步骤，并提供了一个框架，用于“标准”框架，如果本地种子供应链要实现可靠性水平，则需要将这些标准应用于本地种子批次和透明度要求。这些标准为种子购买者，最终用户和资助机构提供了对优质本地种子采购的信心和可靠性，并为全球使用本地种子提供了最佳实践途径。