Blenheim Estate has formed a new tech partnership to combat climate change.

The collaboration with A Healthier Earth will see both parties develop ForestFactory, a concept which uses farming technologies to address the affects of climate change.

The concept introduces synthetic biology to create geo-specific and genetically diverse forests sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.

Alastair Collier, chief R&D officer at A Healthier Earth, said: “The effects of climate change on our trees, soil and sapling survival rates mean we urgently need to amend our forestry practices to meet our national reforestation targets.

Oxford Mail: The concept introduces synthetic biology to create geo-specific and genetically diverse forests

"ForestFactory will use a geo-specific and multi-disciplinary approach to support the growth of the country’s most beautiful and biologically diverse forests, starting at Blenheim Estate.

“Our team of leading researchers and scientists have developed ForestFactory into a scalable climate solution that has the potential directly fight the effects of the climate crisis on our forests.”

The announcement was made on International Day of Forests yesterday (March 21).

The concept is made up of three elements that will increase the effectiveness and speed of reforestation projects at Blenheim Estate.

These include micro-propagation, autonomous vertical farming systems, and biochar.

A Healthier Earth has been working on a research and development pilot project to experiment with the concept over the last three years.

The partnership plan to plant 600,000 trees over the next three years across Blenheim Estate, using only trees native to the Estate.

Roy Cox, managing director from Blenheim Estate, said: “What we aim to do with the ForestFactory is create a truly scalable and economically viable model for tree production, using offspring from local plant stock, grown throughout the year and planted out in a more resilient way to capture carbon year-on-year for many generations."