Like others doubting the claims, it's worth noting the thoughts by professor Forrest Fleischman about "Silicon Valley businesspeople who are entranced with the idea of tree planting as a climate solution": https://twitter.com/ForrestFleisch1/status/14440088233506037... (2021)
If you dig around on SER https://www.ser.org/ you can find documentation on previous failed restoration efforts - my understanding is these efforts really need an intersection of community involvement/stakeholdership and education.
To give some benefit to organizations trying this, airseed does have a FAQ if you scroll down a bit on https://airseedtech.com/what-we-do/ . Curious about their differentiator mentioned in the article:
""The niche really lies in our biotech, which is the support system for the seed once it's on the ground," says Walker.
βIt protects the seed from different types of wildlife, but also supports the seed once it germinates and really helps deliver all of those nutrients and mineral sources that it needs, along with some probiotics to really boost early-stage growth.""
Of topic, but the guy has an interestingly apt name given his job, until you look up the meaning of his surname. I believe Fleischman translates to butcher, so he's "Forrest Butcher", which makes it wholly inappropriate given his job!
If you dig around on SER https://www.ser.org/ you can find documentation on previous failed restoration efforts - my understanding is these efforts really need an intersection of community involvement/stakeholdership and education.