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Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
Lower Saxony and Bremen
Calenberger Straße 2
30169 Hannover
Website: External link to the authority
FORESTFORWARD – innovative reforestation through direct seeding
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.
Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.
Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)
Seed Forward GmbH
Averdiekstr. 4
49078 Osnabrück
Phone: 0541 20280880
Email: rohn@seedforward.de
2023
ongoing
499,586