If it works, the FHI will ask the government for permission to plant transgenic chestnuts in the wild, with the intention of re-establishing the species in America's woodlands.

如果可行，FHI则会向政府申请在自然环境中种植基因改良栗树，以重建美国林地的栗树林。

The project has been organised by the Forest Health Initiative (FHI), a quango set up to look into the idea of using genetic engineering to rescue species of tree whose populations have been devastated by fungal diseases or insect pests.

该项目由一个半官方机构—森林健康组织（FHI）发起，该机构的创立是为了观察用基因工程来拯救被真菌病或害虫摧毁的树木种群的可行性。