Project Description and Activities
Gut Herzfelde is part of the Uckermark Lake District and is surrounded by the Dolgenseekette nature reserve. On the project area, 143 ha of old pine stands are being converted into mixed stands rich in deciduous trees.
Planting and sowing site-appropriate mixed tree species such as hornbeam, small-leaved lime, sycamore and Norway maple, bird cherry, and Douglas fir will create a structurally diverse mixed forest. These activities will make the forest more resistant to the consequences of climate change, such as storms, drought, and beetle infestation.
Project activities
Impressions of the project
Why we need forest adaptation
Forest fires
Wind plays a decisive role in the development of forest fires. In row-planted monocultures, the wind can easily push the fire through the stand, which leads to a faster spread of forest fires.
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
The future main tree species
Contribution to the UN SDGs
The Project Team
Lorenz von Schintling-Horny
has been (together with his wife Christina) actively involved in forest adaptation for over 20 years and they have been able to create valuable habitats for rare species such as the kingfisher and the black stork.
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
2024-06-01
Successful Third-Party-Certification
Following a site visit in March 2024, the project has now been successfully audited and certified by TÜV Nord Cert in accordance with the 'Waldklimastandard' (WKS). This makes it the world's first certified WKS forest adaptation climate protection project.
The validation report has been submitted and the credits have been distributed and are therefore available immediately.
2024-03-05
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.
