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A new global research lab to support restoring the world’s rainforests 🌱   Over 25 years ago, IKEA, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and the Sabah Foundation set out to restore a heavily degraded rainforest in Borneo. Since then, 18,500 hectares, an area larger than Paris, have been restored and protected. Today, we’re taking the next step. Introducing the Living Rainforest Restoration Lab, a new phase of the Sow a Seed initiative. Building on decades of hands-on restoration, the focus now shifts towards research, collaboration, and knowledge sharing to help accelerate rainforest restoration globally. Through this initiative: • 24 research projects will be conducted in collaboration with SLU and Malaysian universities • IKEA will fund the programme over the next 10 years • Insights from Borneo will support biodiversity conservation and climate action worldwide The restored forest is already showing what’s possible, bringing back biodiverse wildlife, including orangutans, pygmy elephants and hornbills. As our Chief Sustainability Officer Lena Julle shares:  “Sow a Seed shows what is possible: degraded rainforests can recover. With the Living Rainforest Restoration Lab, we want to share these insights so they can guide restoration efforts around the world.” Together with our partners, we aim to turn knowledge into action to support the restoration of rainforests at scale. Learn more about the initiative in the comment below👇 Video credit: Susanna Bergström / SLU

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