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Unlocking nature’s hidden helpers to grow resilient forests

With timber demand projected to quadruple by 2050 and massive reforestation efforts underway, the world needs trees to grow robustly and quickly across vast landscapes. Yet, reforested areas often lack the natural fungal partners that trees depend on for accessing nutrients, especially in nutrient-poor soils where many new forests need to be planted. Without these fungi, newly planted trees face reduced growth rates and increased vulnerability to drought, disease, and climate-driven stresses, jeopardizing reforestation and carbon sequestration efforts.

What is the Solution?

Rhizocore is revolutionizing reforestation by building the world’s largest living fungal library, preserving and reintroducing critical fungi needed for healthy forest growth. For each planting site, Rhizocore selects fungi specifically adapted to the local environment and trees, delivering them through the RhizoPellet—a small pellet dropped in the planting hole alongside the tree. The fungi then form a natural symbiosis with the tree, helping it access essential nutrients and water, which dramatically boosting survival rates and accelerating growth up to 13 times in nutrient-poor soils.

This approach not only strengthens trees but also enhances carbon capture by storing additional carbon underground in the root system, fungal structures, and soil itself. Mycorrhizal fungi already draw down 13 gigatons of carbon each year, and each RhizoPellet increases this impact while enhancing soil biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, helping create thriving forests that support our planet’s future.

What EQT Foundation loves about Rhizocore

Rhizocore is bringing forests back to life in the smartest way possible—by reintroducing the fungal allies trees have depended on for millennia. Their work doesn’t just plant trees; it rebuilds entire ecosystems, improving soil health and supercharging carbon capture. It’s like giving nature its own cheat code, helping forests grow faster, stronger, and ready to take on climate change. By combining cutting-edge science with nature’s own systems, Rhizocore is setting a new standard for reforestation.

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