Germany
Carbon Removal
Afforestation, Reforestation and Nature Preservation
German forests are at imminent risk as 500k hectares of forest have died since 2018. This project aims to maintain or increase carbon stocks on forested land, which optimizes and secures CO₂ reduction capacity in the long term by planting stable mixed forests and applying near-natural management methods.
Since 2018, 500k hectares of forest have been lost in Germany and more than 60% of the biomass in the European Union is at climate risk because of the consequences of global warming. To reduce the risk of forest loss due to wildfires, droughts, floodings, and pest infestations, around 3M hectares of forest in Germany have to be restructured from monocultures to mixed-woodland.
This project uses carbon finance to fund forest adaptation measures to convert particularly endangered conifer monocultures into mixed-woodland to increase the forests' climate resilience. These measures also allow to store additional carbon in the trees' biomass and to secure and improve the habitats for many animal and plant species. Forest developments and carbon capture are measured and monitored using the latest remote sensing technologies and artificial intelligence to ensure accurate quantification of emission reductions. Over the project's 30-year lifecycle, the activities are going to reduce and remove more than 50,000 tons of CO₂e emissions vis-à-vis the baseline scenario in the absence of the project activity.
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