Projects

Federal State

Lower Saxony and Bremen

Project Title

FORESTFORWARD – innovative reforestation through direct seeding

Project description

As a result of forest dieback, hundreds of thousands of hectares in Germany need to be reforested. The use of seedlings from tree nurseries meets capacity limits and is also viewed critically for reasons of a possibly lower resilience of the plants. To address climate change-related challenges, the FORESTFORWARD project aims to improve reforestation by seeding and improve mapping and monitoring using a 5-component approach. First, a rapid germination test will be further developed for application to forest seed so that pre-tested seed is used for seeding. Second, a germination-promoting seed coating will be developed to increase germination rates and effectively provide the right nutrients to the growing crop. Third, the seed is incorporated into a compressed pellet that contains growth adjuvants. Fourth, a planting apparatus that can be used in an uncomplicated way is developed, which pokes a hole in the forest soil into which the pressed pellet along with the seed is placed. Fifth, sensor-based measurement data from small-scale site mapping will be visualized for monitoring purposes.

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Main funding source

Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

499,586

Link 1

project website of EIP Lower Saxony

NUTS3 CODE

DE944