On Tuesday 27th June, together with the DNF, we invited our Flemish forestry colleagues to discover a Trees for Future arboretum in Hamoir and the historical arboretum in Seraing. The meeting, which brought together representatives of the ANB, the bosgroepen, natuurinvest and a nurseryman, was organised as part of the Klimaatbomen project run by the KUleuven, in which…
From May to early July, our team, as well as around twenty trained volunteers, are on the ground to check the good recovery as well as the sanitary state of the 3,700 trees that were planted during the winter 2021-2022. The first observations are encouraging, the majority of the plants having well recovered . However,…
They arrived all fired up, motivated as ever, ready to invest alongside us for the future of our forests. This Monday, we were indeed welcoming our new team of volunteers who will monitor the “𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲” plantations from the spring of 2022. Each year, indeed, more than 9,000 trees have to be measured and…
The 2021/2022 planting campaign is coming to an end, the last trees will be planted in the coming weeks. In all, 19,410 trees were planted across 15 sites, including 7 new ones such as Bergeval, Gomery, Ciergnon and Saint-Léger. This represents 67 new experimental plots of 20 ares. On these, we are testing new tree…
Trees for Future‘s 2021-2022 planting season began on November 16 in Jenneret (Durbuy) under the gaze of the media. On this occasion, 400 Bosnian pines and 400 Hungarian oaks were planted on the plot provided by Mr. François-René Greindl. This winter, around 20,000 trees will be planted in 7 new sites including Saint-Léger, Gingelom and…
This October 26, 2021, we received the plants for the 2021-2022 planting campaign. Approximately 20,000 plants have thus been delivered which we have sorted in preparation of their next planting in the forest in the new plots of Trees for Future. Among the new species / provenances, there are Hungarian oak Bosnian pine the hazelnut…
Between autumn 2019 and spring 2020, 70 experimental sites of 20 ares (0.5 acre) (representing almost 30,000 trees), spread across 19 locations all over the country, were planted as part of the Arboretums project. These plantings will be monitored regularly so that the species tested can be assessed in terms of their, their growth and…
Like our own forests in Belgium, those in the Grand Est region of France are ecosystems that are constantly evolving and underwent significant changes during the most recent ice ages. They have also been shaped by human activities. The main difference between climate variations in the past and those that are happening today is the…
“Forests and biodiversity: too precious to lose” was the theme presented this year by the United Nations to mark International Day of Forests, held on 21st March. The issues associated with the development of biodiversity are closely linked to the sustainable management of forests. Working on behalf of forests is also working on behalf of…
In mid-February, part of the team travelled close to the outskirts of Beauraing to find and inspect potential plots for the Arboretums. The aim was to examine the soil to check that each plot was in line with the environmental requirements of the species that will be planted next autumn. Other searches will take place…