Some of the last surviving ancestors of our domesticated walnut, apple, plum, cherry, almond and pistachio trees live in Kyrgyzstan’s forests. Yet 90% have been lost over the past 50 years. FFI is working with both the Forestry Department and local communities to improve forest management to protect this wonderful unique ecosystem.
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As apples blossom in the UK their wild ancestors face extinction
07/05/2009
FFI publishes new Red List of Trees of Central Asia which sheds light on region’s threatened fruit and nut trees.
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