Project Description and Activities
The Lindorf project is converting over 318 hectares of largely single-layer spruce forest in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg into a structurally diverse mixed forest over a project period of 30 years.
Project activities such as the promotion of natural rejuvenation and seeding of new, site-adapted tree species, make the forest more resistant to the increasingly frequent consequences of climate change, such as storms, drought and beetle infestation.
Project activities
Impressions of the project
Why we need forest adaptation
Beetle infestation
Prolonged drought weakens trees, which can then no longer adequately protect themselves against bark beetles and other infestations. As the trees are close together, a beetle infestation can easily spread to the entire forest and destroy large areas of it.
Storms
Forest areas with many tall and thin trees are more susceptible to storm damage (so-called windthrow). If, in addition, most of the trees in a section of forest are the same height, storms can lead to the loss of entire forest sections.
Impact of the project
Species distribution at project start
Number of main tree species
Biodiversity Index
Contribution to the UN SDGs
The Project Team
Ronja Wolf
from Pina Earth is overseeing the project from the quantification and certification side. This includes, for example, the simulation of the development of the forest over the next 30 years. Find out more here.
Project updates
2024-09-05
Successful sowing
A total of 111.5 hectares have now been successfully sown. Further sowings are planned for the coming years.
2023-11-08
Successful Third-Party-Certification
Following a site visit in October 2023, the project has now been successfully audited and certified by TÜV Nord Cert in accordance with ISO 14064-2. The validation report has been submitted and the credits have been distributed and are therefore available immediately.
2023-10-11
Site visit by auditor
The site visit is part of the certification process at the beginning of the GHG project. Several stands were visited to verify the initial situation in the project.
