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

After the session in Belgium in May, last week, the training for the manual measurement took place also in Germany – at the site Hofgut Neumühle educational and experimental centre for livestock farming. At this site, the two sibling projects AFaktive and AGROfloW collaborate on the applied research for agroforestry and water management. On that

The German national and international television news service tagesschau broadcast last Friday a report on agroforestry featuring the project site Hofgut Neumühle educational and experimental centre for livestock farming. On this site, the two sibling projects AFaktive and AGROfloW implement and measure agroforestry systems. In the report, the head of the biomass and culture landscape

The biodiversity monitoring within the AFaktive project has been started. The project team installed pitfall traps and audiomoths at the project site Hofgut Neumühle educational and experimental centre for livestock farming. The pitfall traps measure the insect biodiversity, and the measurement is repeated 4-6 times per year. The audiomoth devices are installed on wooden poles

At the end of May 2025, the AFaktive team was trained on manual soil measurements by the project partner Royal Eijkelkamp. Focus of the session were the following topics: -Soil profile with a soil auger -Compaction with a penetrologger -Infiltration with the double ring infiltrometer -Hydraulic conductivity with the SIG Permea 3 -Erosion and surface

Last week, the AFaktive project participated in the celebration of its agroforestry site De Hofkamer, which was nominated as “nature-inclusive farm”. The event was organised by Staatsbosbeheer (Dutch governmental nature organisation). During this celebration, at which also the deputy of the Province of Limburg was present, the cooperation between Staatsbosbeheer and De Hofkamer was signed.