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Impact Knowledge Profile

Waldwende Harz

Waldwende restores damaged forest areas and publishes field data on tree survival, soil quality, and volunteer participation.

Climate & biodiversityGoslar, GermanyFounded 202011 team members

Report Readiness

Impact Report Readiness

Source coverage across six reporting building blocks.

100%

Project information

100%

Impact indicators

100%

0 missing · 1 warning

Beneficiary stories

100%

Financial data

100%

Media / assets

100%

Leadership message

100%

Missing Information Checklist

  • All required information is available.

Warnings before publication

  • GIS polygons total 84 hectares; the grant report lists 87 hectares.

Active projects

Mixed Forest Recovery

on track

Replanting storm- and drought-damaged areas with diverse native species.

Citizen Soil Lab

on track

Volunteer-led soil sampling and open ecological monitoring.

KPIs

Hectares restored

84

Target 100 · GIS field maps

Seedling survival

76%

Target 80% · Sample survey

Native species share

91%

Target 90% · Planting records

Volunteer hours

6,240

Target 7,000 · Event check-ins

Outcomes

  • More climate-resilient forest areas
  • Improved ecological monitoring coverage
  • Greater community participation in restoration

Beneficiary groups

  • Communities in the Harz region
  • School environmental groups
  • Citizen science volunteers

Stories

Class 8B, Goslar

A school adopts a monitoring plot

Students now collect quarterly soil moisture and canopy observations from a permanent learning plot.

Teacher interview and field logs · Consent: approved

Forestry team

Learning from a dry slope

Poor survival on one site prompted a revised species mix and additional water-retention measures.

Survey and site photos · Consent: approved

Evidence and documents

Spring planting GIS export

Geospatial dataset

verified

Seedling survival survey

Field survey

verified

Citizen Soil Lab protocol

Methodology

verified

Missing Information Checklist

Open profile issues

Beneficiary data

Hectares restored

GIS polygons total 84 hectares; the grant report lists 87 hectares.

Project updates

Outdated monthly updates

The latest update is May 2026. Add a more recent reporting-period update.

Organization data

Independent carbon accounting methodology

Organization data

Long-term land access agreement for Plot 14