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2022年11月22日

美国东部时间2022年11月22日| 04:02pm信息:地形改造结合了当地的专业知识和AWS云计算工具来重新种植植物。在过去的18个月里，全球森林恢复初创公司Terraformation在10个国家启动了13个重新造林项目。这家总部位于夏威夷的公司已经在亚美尼亚、加纳、厄瓜多尔和印度等地开展了项目。在伐木、农业和房地产开发导致树木和植被消失的地区，颗粒数据将成为恢复森林和减少碳排放的最有力工具之一。Terraformation及其合作伙伴已经种植了超过35万株新植物和树木。该公司计划在未来几年再种植160万棵。地形分析，银行，并重新种植种子和幼苗跨越整个范围的花卉物种在特定区域的森林。随着新森林的生根，进一步的分析构建了一个完整的图景，什么物种，在什么浓度下，创造了最具活力和最持久的绿色混合物。为了重新种植植物，Terraformation使用各种不同的AWS云计算工具，包括Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)和AWS Secrets Manager。“我们希望能够准确地捕捉和跟踪世界各地项目的每个阶段——从收集种子到种植，再到测量树木的碳含量，”Terraformation种子库工作负责人Marian Chau博士说。 "Initially, this will give us a quantifiable understanding of our progress in reforestation-how much we've really planted globally, how much of that has survived, and how biodiverse our new forests are. Later, we can translate that data into insights that can make forestry projects more successful." One big area of focus will be optimizing supply chains to monitor the progress and gaps in the reforestation process, including identifying and collecting seeds, storing those seeds safely, and growing seedlings to get ready for planting. Knowing which seeds are most likely to produce viable seedlings or what specific species to plant in a particular area makes a forest more resilient, Chau said. Having continuous updates about each step in the growth plan ensures each geographic area has enough plant species ready to plant at the right time. More, and more timely, data is the key. Terraformation's biggest challenge is figuring out how to capture detailed, verifiable information in a way that is sustainable and can be done in areas where there is limited access to technology and internet connectivity. Much of Terraformation's work happens away from a computer. Seeds are picked using clippers or telescoping poles, and stored in light mesh bags so they don't rot. The seeds are often assessed in the field by cutting them in half with a pocket knife. Once inside, the seeds are kept in climate-controlled environments and monitored by sensors that send data to the cloud capturing not only the temperature and humidity, but the seed's health. Terraformation has developed a mobile application for documenting each phase from forest to greenhouse and back again. Chau said the company receives guidance from local residents regarding best practices. "We love working with partners in Indigenous communities who apply local expertise and traditional knowledge on how to collect and store seeds, while integrating more modern technology, including things like sensors, to scale up their work," she said. Recently, Terraformation launched an accelerator for scaling reforestation projects, the Seed to Carbon Forest Accelerator . The company is recruiting its first cohort of forestry teams now, and applications close November 27. The program will offer early-stage funding and training to help participants carry out large reforestation projects. Cohort funders, including corporations with net-zero goals, will receive a portion of the carbon credits these teams produce. To learn more, you can watch an episode of Now Go Build , in which Amazon's Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Werner Vogels visits Terraformation and learns how its goal of planting 1 trillion trees is made possible with the help of solar-powered desalination, seed banking, and cloud-based technologies. Related Tags