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This is where government subsidies should step in to make viable small nurseries focused on diverse endemic species no more than an arbitrary distance from the site of it.
But, climate change is moving faster than the distance range of each nursery so seed collectors should be pushing the range and ecotypes and sending back to further nurseries to introduce some insurance into the genetics.
We have a group using similar techniques for genetic diversity:
https://www.bigscrubrainforest.org/programs/science-saving-rainforests-program/