Monitoring the Liessel forests in pictures - We previously wrote about the monitoring of new planting in some sample LIFE Climate Forest forests in this article on Nature Today and yesterday (3 December 2025) the Liessel forests were [...]
Monitoring planting in sample forests - Province of North Brabant is organising the Biodiversity and Habitats symposium for the 12th time on 3 December 2025. And this year, too, we will be there... At 12.00h in the Bois Le-Duc Hall: The Brabant forest of the [...]
Monitoring planting in example forests - A lot of new trees are being planted within the LIFE Climate Forest project, but that does not mean that in ten years' time there will actually be that many mature trees. Indeed: within a year, some of them may already be [...]
Getting started yourself with LOTJ in Baarle-Nassau - Hans van Lommel, forest ecologist at Bosgroep Zuid Nederland, gave a guided tour of the Dutch Pine Forest in Baarle-Nassau earlier this month. During the tour, he talked about the revitalisation of the area. In [...]
Interview LOTJ Landgoed Zandbergen and Landgoed Maretak - In Loon op Zand in an offshoot of the shifting sands of the Loonse and Drunense Dunes are the Zandbergen and Maretak estates. The woods are connected at the back and this area has been designated as LOTJ [...]
Experiments Beegderheide should better arm nature - In the woods of the Beegderheide nature reserve (province of Limburg), forest experts from Bosgroep Zuid Nederland are working with almost surgical precision. In this example forest of LIFE Climate Forest, small scale and mixing with more tree species is central. Daily newspaper [...]
LOTJ in Staphorst: climate-smart forest management in larch forest - In addition to the example forests of LIFE Climate Forest, there are also places where we are working on climate-smart forest management on a smaller scale. These LOTJs are ideal for researching, trying out and sharing [...]
On the left Martijn Jansen and in the middle the deputy (photographer Kayleigh Aalderink) Presentation in sample forest for province of Drenthe - LIFE Climate Forest is partly possible thanks to the five provinces that endorse the importance of climate-smart forest management. One of those provinces involved [...]
Presentation during SUPERB forest symposium What an energetic gathering it was in Moergestel. More than 200 people with a green heart came together to share experiences and stories, to be inspired and to look further into the future. The [...]
Trial of biodegradable wildlife protection Our forest ecosystems are fragile. Continuous forest rejuvenation is an important means of increasing forest resilience. Natural selection keeps only the best traits in the rejuvenation, allowing the forest to adapt to changing [...]
