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ONEforest operations and revitalisation in the KWF Thementage event

Between 31 March and 2 April, the University of Freiburg participated in the event KWF Thementage in Jessen (Germany) with the ONEforest exhibition and presentation of the demonstration site planted trees with Soil Conditioner and Top Soil Cover.

The Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik eV (KWF) held the three-day event under the topic "Forest of the future - design now" and at the invitation of the Ministry of Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of the State of Saxony-Anhalt.  The focus topics were reforestation and forest conversion. The spectrum ranges from forest reproductive material, seeding and planting methods, and the silvicultural treatment of calamity areas to "new" tree species. 

The event was attended by more than 1500 visitors, who could enjoy practical demonstrations of work processes, a specialist program with forums and discussions as well as topic-related product presentations. The offer was primarily aimed at forest owners of all types and sizes as well as forest entrepreneurs.

 

This event was an opportunity to present the work developed in the field of “Perspectives of forest operations and revitalisation of degraded forest” led by University of Freiburg.

The exhibition and the presentation received very positive feedback from the audience on the research results, motivated for further work.

The goal University of Freiburg is to develop technical solutions for planting (TSC) and concepts supporting resilient forestry through adjusted forest operations. In specific, “Perspectives of forest operations and revitalisation of degraded forest” will:

  • Describe a set of perspectives for the technical development of forest operations within the ONEforet Case Study Regions
  • Engineer a TSC and describe its physical, mechanical, and chemical characteristics and its impact on forest soil microbial
  • communities
  • Describe the impact of the TSC on the mitigation of soil erosion, slope stability against shallow landslides and early tree performance by additional water storage, precipitation control, and reduction of evaporation
  • Describe seeding and planting practices with an integrated application of the TSC in terms of productivity and costs
  • Develop risk maps of areas prone to disturbances and damage on forest stands
  • Develop concepts to strengthen forest infrastructure and react within forest operations