Upscaling Forest Restoration (SUPERB)

Description:

SUPERB is a H2020 project funded under the EU Green Deal to restore thousands of hectares of forest landscape across Europe and create lasting transformative change towards large-scale restoration.

SUPERB will build on the vast but scattered practical knowledge and lessons learned from successful and non-successful forest restoration and adaptation activities and synthesise them for action. It will connect with restoration experts, including from LIFE projects and practitioners with decades of experiences with alternative management approaches. This practical knowledge will be underpinned by a compilation of highly relevant scientific knowledge including economic, governance, forest management, and climate change adaptation aspects of restoration.

There are 12 large-scale demos in 12 countries, representing various challenges and stressors on European forests and a wide range of necessary restoration actions. Our demo areas comprise entire socio-ecological systems, protecting and restoring forests while also considering people’s needs for ecosystem services and benefits.

SUPERB aims to implement our restoration activities in partnership with local communities, landowners, and other partners. We will also demonstrate best practices for a variety of forest types and collect practical and scientific knowledge on successful forest restoration.

Project information

Lead

European Forest Institute

Partners

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
PROSPEX INSTITUTE
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG
BUNDESFORSCHUNGS UND AUSBILDUNGSZENTRUM FUR WALD NATURGEFAHREN UND LANDSCHAFT
BANGOR UNIVERSITY
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
LAND LIFE COMPANY BV
SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
CONSORCI CENTRE DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
HRVATSKI SUMARSKI INSTITUT
HRVATSKE SUME
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
COOPERATIEVE BOSGROEP ZUID-NEDERLAND U.A.
CESKA ZEMEDELSKA UNIVERZITA V PRAZE
FORESTRY COMMISSION RESEARCH AGENCY
INSTITUT ZA NIZIJSKO SUMARSTVO I ZIVOTNU SREDINU
FUNDACION CENTRO DE SERVICIOS Y PROMOCION FORESTAL Y DE SU INDUSTRIA DE CASTILLA Y LEON
UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE-FACULTY OF FORESTRY
UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER
INSTITUT EUROPEEN DE LA FORET CULTIVEE
FUNDATIA CONSERVATION CARPATHIA
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE
LANSSTYRELSEN I VASTERBOTTEN LAN
LANDESBETRIEB WALD UND HOLZ NORDRHEIN -WESTFALEN
ALLIANCE FORETS BOIS
PARCO NORD MILANO
CONSEJERIA DE FOMENTO Y MEDIO AMBIENTE - JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEON
NATURSTYRELSEN

Source of funding

EU