On 25th June, IfaS Head of Department Frank Wagener gave a presentation at the conference ‘Natural Climate Protection in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate’ at the Environmental Campus. Around 120 participants gathered under the motto ‘Together for natural climate protection’. Experts from local government, science, politics and schools took the opportunity to discuss local approaches to restoring […]

The fourth video of the LUCA_IfaS YouTube channel series on agroforestry is now available. The video takes a closer look at the special features and meaning of the project site Hofgut Neumühle educational and experimental centre for livestock farming. A piece of the future is growing at Neumühle in Rhineland-Palatinate: trees are planted between grain

The third video in the agroforestry video series on the LUCA_IfaS YouTube channel has been released. What really happens to water when trees are planted on farms? We don’t fully know – yet. This project is filling key knowledge gaps with real-world pilot sites, hydrological modelling, and close farmer collaboration. AFaktive will make its contribution

The coordinator team of the AFaktive project has launched a new social media brand for natural climate protection projects and initiatives – with a special focus on agroforestry. It is called LUCA – Land Use development for Climate Adaptation. Follow us on the following platforms to receive updates on AFaktive and other nature-based projects. Instagram:

Great recognition for a strong project: Wurzener Land-Werke GmbH has reached the final of the prestigious STADTWERKE AWARD 2025 with its innovative project “Agroforestry for the heat transition” (“Agroforst für die Wärmewende”). The company is one of the six finalists from 51 applications from Germany and Austria – proof of the pioneering combination of agriculture,

From June 4 to 6, 2025, the LIFE Platform Meeting on European Forest Restoration took place in Brașov, Romania, at the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains—the highest part of the Southern Carpathians. The event was organized by the European Commission (DG Environment and CINEA) in cooperation with the Foundation Conservation Carpathia and the LIFE project

Especially with a spring as dry as this year, the interest in agroforestry is on the rise – also in the media. In mid-May, the German media broadcaster SWR interviewed the AFaktive team of the project coordinator IfaS (Institute for Applied Material Flow Management at the Trier University of Applied Sciences) and the management of

At the end of May, an RBC flume was installed at one of the AFaktive sites in Belgium. This gauging channel will make it possible to continuously measure surface runoff for four years, in order to monitor the evolution of this key parameter in the context of the implementation of an agroforestry system set up