Pina Earth Schlegel Improved Forest Management
Improved Forest Management
Forestry
プロジェクト概要
Project Schlegel (Pina Earth Schlegel Improved Forest Management) converts spruce‑dominated pure stands into resilient, multi‑layered mixed forests in Thuringia, Germany. Located northwest of the village of Schlegel near the Bavarian border, the cadastral area spans about 490 hectares across the municipalities of Neundorf, Rodacherbrunn, and Wurzbach. By increasing forest structural and species diversity, the project aims to reduce climate‑related risks, raise overall growth, and enhance long‑term carbon storage and ecosystem services.
Early years focus on increased thinning and end‑use to build single‑tree stability and open space for new layers. Natural regeneration is encouraged and protected, and it is supplemented with planting and seeding of site‑appropriate, climate‑resilient species such as fir, beech, maple, and Douglas‑fir. Intensified hunting protects young regeneration. Together, these actions increase stand density and growth while reducing mortality, resulting in a larger greenhouse gas (GHG) reservoir over time.
What makes this project distinctive is its technology‑enabled monitoring and biodiversity safeguards. A forest “digital twin,” built from airborne LiDAR point clouds and near‑infrared imagery, supports individual‑tree detection and repeated monitoring alongside periodic forest inventory. The project also commits to measurable diversity outcomes: improving the Shannon Index over time, ensuring at least three site‑appropriate tree species each represent 5% or more of basal area after 30 years (with any single main species capped at 70%), and establishing a regeneration layer across the project area within the same timeframe. Implementation is led by experienced professional forest managers, with the project developer coordinating development and long‑term management.
Note to buyers: Through an ex-ante forward purchase agreement, credits can be made available in advance of full carbon removal and represent expected future removal from the time of deployment through the 30-year project period. The project has begun (forest adaptation started), but the full carbon removal has not yet occurred. The project developer will confirm purchases and provide updates on carbon removal as data becomes available. Ex-ante credits may not be suited for common climate claims. Contact Patch if you have questions about which claims are appropriate for these credits.