Project Description and Activities
The ‘Gudow Mill’ climate protection project borders the Hellbachtal nature reserve and is located near Hamburg in Schleswig-Holstein. In the project, Pina Earth is converting around 140 hectares of predominantly single-layer coniferous forest into a near-natural, biodiverse mixed forest. This will bind more than 20,000 tonnes of CO₂ over a period of 30 years.
The project activities include planting and sowing various deciduous tree species such as red oak, sycamore maple, Norway maple, sweet chestnut, wych elm, wild service tree and hazel. Other tree species, such as Douglas fir, coastal fir, and beech, are mainly established through natural regeneration and sowing. As a result, the increased biodiversity and structural diversity make the forest more resistant to the consequences of climate change, such as storms, dry periods 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
Contribution to the UN SDGs
The Project Team
Christoph von Bülow
"Pina is supporting me in converting my forestry business from conventional management to a near-natural, climate-stable permanent forest."
Christoph von Bülow
Forest owner of the project Gudow Mill
Patrick Ibron
from Pina Earth is overseeing the project from the quantification and certification side. This includes, for example, simulating the forest's development over the next 30 years. Find out more here.
Project updates
2024-07-10
Successful Third-Party-Certification
Following a site visit in May 2024, 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.
2024-05-22
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 project's initial situation.
2024-04-28
Project visit by Pina Earth
In April 2024, Pina Earth visited the project area in person and took pictures and videos for the project documentation and marketing.
