kolhapur around 70 to 80 volunteers associated with the kolhapurbased ngo nisarga mitra have collected over 25 lakh seeds of mainly indigenous species of trees and plantsamong these 25 lakh seeds 1 lakh seeds are donated to the district social forestry department to germinate and grow for the next two years in its six nurseries the ngo launched the initiative a decade ago and so far it has collected more than 10 lakh seeds the germination rate of these seeds is nearly 70 and if at least 50 survival is considered the volunteers have helped grow nearly 5 lakh trees in the district said anil chougule the founder of the ngowe have handed over the seeds to district collector rahul rekhawar the rest of the seeds have been distributed among the people who are interested in growing the sapling he said