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The Cerro de Monserrate<\/em> sits on top of Bogot\u00e1’s city center. It overlooks the urban area, with its hectares full of forests, where hiking means immersing in biodiversity. This same nature struck Juan Carlos Sesma, who – back in 2015 – was there for a business trip. That\u2019s when he witnessed the devastation of Bogot\u00e1\u2019s forest due to severe wildfires. Since then, he understood that his will to do something to fight climate change had to evolve into something more tangible. Being a managing and retail consultant, he thought about optimizing tree reforestation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once he came back to Spain, he started working on smart seeds, testing them in the Monasterio de la Oliva <\/em>– a Cistercian monastery in the eastern part of Navarra. Those seeds make not only germinate trees, but CO2<\/sub> Revolution<\/a> too, a start-up working – from 2018 – on optimizing reforestation. It involves companies in carrying out reforestation projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom 2018, we strive to provide society with good fruits to the largest scale possible,\u201d says Sesma. The fruits metaphor is one of the favorite ways for Sesma to explain what his company does. Most of the trees CO2<\/sub> Revolution planted are still too young to produce any fruit, yet the first results are there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company planted more than 600.000 trees, contributing to reforesting areas with high ecological heritage. From the northern Galicia to southern Andalusia, CO2<\/sub> Revolution smart seeds are reforesting bare soils and reestablishing biodiversity. All of this has been possible thanks to technology, such as drones and data analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 CO2 Revolution<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Juan Carlos Sesma<\/h3>

CO2 Revolution founder<\/h4>

Formerly a retail consultant, he started the company to restore biodiversity. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Smart seeds<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sesma started experimenting in the monastery with fiar Enrique Carrasco. The monk – whose order follows Saint Benedict\u2019s principle of ora et labora<\/em>, pray and work – shared his knowledge on plantations with Sesma. That\u2019s where the idea of smart seeds was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the seeding is planned to be executed in an unmanned way, grains need to be protected. To do that, they are pregerminated and encapsulated with all the nutrients they need to grow. The capsule also keeps insects and rodents away. Then it is all about time, with the seed that grows into a bud and later into a strong and healthy tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn one hand, smart seeds allow us to grow trees efficiently. On the other, we take advantage of data science to sow plants the best way possible,\u201d underlines Salma Kabbani Alonso. She\u2019s CO2<\/sub> Revolution\u2019s communication manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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