Action C2. Restoration of the alluvial alder forests (91E0*)

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Activities for the restoration of the alluvial alder forest will involve:

  • Isolation of Ectomycorrhizal strains belonging to Paxillus, Naucoria and other fungal genera from fruit-bodies and/or colonized alder root-tips from different locations, establishment of cultures at Andros nursery, their mixture with the plant-growth substrate and seeding of alder seeds.
  • Improvement of the regeneration potential of alder in conjunction with planting of new saplings of local origin
  • Planting of certain keystone habitat species

NOTE:  The saplings will be produced in the nursery of the established by the project Botanical Garden (Agadaki Estate).