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Seed4forest

This tool was developed under the SUPERB project (https://forest-restoration.eu/) to support forest and nature conservation practitioners, stakeholders, and interest groups in selecting climate-adapted tree species, species compositions, and provenances for restoration, reforestation, and afforestation projects.

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What you can do with it

Input

  • Select a forest restoration, reforestation or afforestation location in the covered European area.
  • Explore climate-adapted tree species and species compositions.
  • Identify appropriate seed sources and provenances.
  • Examine suitable seed sources and provenances for future climate conditions.
  • Use forward-looking climate and ecological information relevant to the selected site.

Output

  • High-resolution maps and graphical recommendations.
  • Climate-adapted tree-species and species-mixture recommendations.
  • Seed-source and provenance guidance.
  • Decision-support information and practical restoration examples.

Use it to

  • Select tree species and mixtures suited to future climate conditions.
  • Explore climate-adapted tree species and species compositions.
  • Identify appropriate seed sources and provenances.
  • Support forest restoration, reforestation and afforestation planning.
  • Compare options for climate-resilient forest establishment.
  • Inform implementation decisions by forest and nature-conservation practitioners.

Why is it relevant to climate adaptation

Provides spatially explicit, high-resolution advice for one of the most practical questions in forest adaptation: what to plant, in which mixture and from which seed source under future climate conditions. By linking climate suitability with restoration choices, it helps practitioners move from assessing future conditions to selecting and implementing concrete forest-adaptation options. Coverage does not include all parts of Europe, such as Iceland, and the recommendations do not account for forest disturbances.

Used in

  • Forest restoration, reforestation and afforestation projects across covered parts of Europe.
  • Tree-species, species-mixture and seed-provenance selection developed through the Horizon 2020 SUPERB forest-restoration project.
  • Climate-adapted forest and nature-conservation planning at local, national and transnational levels.
  • Restoration decisions in forestry, biodiversity, mountain, land-use and urban-greening contexts.

Metadata

User Group
Commission services and/or AgenciesTransboundary networksNational authorities
Geographic coverage
Europe
Spatial resolution

Local

Support of Adaptation Policy Cycle
Step 3: Identifying Adaptation Options
Step 4: Assessing and Prioritising Adaptation Options
Step 5: Implementation
Adaptation sectors
BiodiversityForestryLand use planning
Climate hazards
Non hazard-specific
Type of outputs
Maps and graphsReports and decision supportBest practice examples
Temporality of data
Forward-looking
Language
English
Accessibility and usability
Moderate
Data sources
Public datasets from external providersProject-generated or processed datasetsMixed sources
Tool validation use
Peer-reviewed methodologyExpert validation / reputable institution

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