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*Estimated carbon sequestration is 20 kg of CO2e per tree accumulated over five years, based on low estimates of dry and humid tropical growth rates from global restoration databases.

Actual carbon impact of each Priceless Planet Coalition restoration project will be assessed after five years based on data collected throughout the monitoring process.

Three initiatives to restore degraded forests in France, Spain and Portugal

Reforest’Action is partnering with Conservation International to restore the damaged landscapes affected by hazards, through reforestation of dying forests or the creation of new ones, in an effort to enhance their multiple environmental, social and economic benefits over the long term.

The Priceless Planet Coalition aims to restore 100 million trees in the places with the greatest potential for community, climate and biodiversity benefits.

The Proença-a-Nova, Portugal, site is home to one of many projects across six continents.

PORTUGAL: PROENÇA-A-NOVA

Restoration methods

France:
Active tree planting

The planting of seedlings over an area with little or no forest canopy to meet specific goals.

Assisted natural regeneration
The exclusion of threats (i.e., grazing, fire, invasive plants) that had previously prevented the natural regrowth of a forested area from seeds already present in the soil or from natural seed dispersal from nearby trees.

Spain:
Active tree planting

The planting of seedlings over an area with little or no forest canopy to meet specific goals.

Portugal:
Active tree planting

The planting of seedlings over an area with little or no forest canopy to meet specific goals.

Tree species

France:

  • Chestnut (Castanea)
  • Sessile oak (Quercus petraea)
  • Beech (Fagus spp)
  • Basswood (Tilia americana)
  • Cherry (Prunus avium)
  • Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster)
  • Black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
  • Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
  • Birch (Betula spp)
  • Hornbeam (Carpinus spp)

Spain:

  • Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis)
  • Black pine (Pinus nigra)
  • Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster)
  • Umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata)
  • Juniper (Juniperus communis L.)
  • Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
  • Holm oak (Quercus ilex)
  • Cork oak (Quercus suber)

Portugal:

  • Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster)
  • Cork oak (Quercus suber)
  • Strawberry (Arbutus unedo)