Holger Rößling & Stefanie Luka, NaturSchutzFonds BrandenburgKristianstad, 24th May 2018Restorations of inland sand dunes and reintroduction of plant species in Germany

LIFE Sandrasen 420 km south of Kristianstad30 km southeast of Berlin200 km north of LitomericeLIFE12 NAT/DE/0001442013 – 2019HT: *6120, 2330, 4030, 91T0 Dry habitatsBudget: 2.4 Mio. €Actions on 240 ha20 Natura2000 sites

How our landscape looks like?

source: Zeeberg 1998Where sand and sandy habitats come from?

Visiting SandLIFE in 2015, a turning point

No new LIFE in Sands without disturbance …Bugker Sahara>> open sand is back <<2018afterbefore

Can we trust nature?

… help is needed to get right species back.

How to get right species spread? … but is that enough?INSECTS … WIND … GRAZING ANIMALS …

Collect and propagate plant species PLANT CULTURECOLLECTION of SEEDS

Seeds and seedlingsSEEDLINGS PRESS ONRAKING SOWINGSEEDS PLANTING GROWING

Mowing grass and hay STORE/TRANSPORTGRASS MOWINGHAY MOWING RAKING HAY TRANSFERTRESHING

Monitor both sides (collection and introduction)

First resultsSilene otitisPlanting …… in autumn!!!Next year > blossomsand seedlingsScabiosa canescens Hay …Seeds …Gypsophila fastigiataPeucedanum oreoselinum Koeleria glauca

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