Belgium
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Overijse
Reforestation 2,54 ha
Overijse

In this project in Overijse, trees will be planted for forest restoration and forest expansion. The restoration part exists out of removing trees that died because of bark beetle and planting a diversified mix of tree species instead. The project will start around November 2022 and will run until March 2023.

The planting area is 2m x 2.5m. We will plant rows in the length of the plot, with a distance between rows of 2.5m, and in row 2m. This allows machine clearance with a tractor. The distance to the plot boundaries is 3m.

There are two edges:

  1. The forest edge on the south side - we will plant 3 rows wide and the rows are planted in an arranged manner.
  2. The forest edge north side - we will plant 2 rows wide and the rows are planted in the shrubbery.

In the middle, we plant large blocks with a mix of the main species: sessile oak and bilberry. These blocks consist of at least 200 trees per block. Sessile oak mainly on the higher, somewhat drier areas; bilberry mainly on the lower, damper areas.

In between these large blocks with the main species of sessile oak and bilberry, we will plant a mixture of tall trees. These blocks consist of at least 50 trees of the same species.

The tree species mix on the forest edges is planted in blocks of at least 5 to 10 trees of the same species each.