Projects & Practice

CAP-funded forestry consulting in Germany’s eastern Brandenburg.
 

The project focuses on improving access to agricultural land for new farmers and on adapting conventional agriculture to new agricultural systems based on the production or maintenance of biodiversity through profitable and innovative practices.

Support from the Swedish Rural Development Programme helped improve accessibility for visitors in a restored municipal nature reserve.

Planting new woodland under a scheme in a partnership between Forestry services, a local authority and the local community.

In order to strengthen and expand the function of a community café as a focal point of the village community, the outdoor area of the old school hosting the café was rebuilt and designed in such a way that community events can be held outdoors.

Organising a series of educational events to raise awareness and interest about the environmental functions of the peatlands in Brandenburg.

Restoration of a meadow irrigation ditch to revive a multi-centennial tradition that existed throughout Europe and over time has produced meadows of outstanding flora. 
 

Restoring the production potential of damaged forests through clearing, afforestation and preservation of young forest stands. 

Restoration of a deteriorating forest road and the construction of a wooden lookout tower in order to protect 1500 ha of forest from forest fires.

The construction of a treetop path that enhances visitors’ experience in one of the oldest oak forests in Europe.