The project includes the implementation of activities that will contribute to improving the conservation status, coverage and connectivity of forest natural habitats in Southwestern Bulgaria, including: — Repair and refurbishment of seed production infrastructure in a forest seed production base — Razlog; — Construction of nursery production infrastructure in forest nursery — Gotse Delchev; — Supply of specialised equipment — automated seed production lines and production of high capacity container saplings (over 1.5 million saplings per season); — Supply of equipment for the production of saplings, soil preparation and afforestation — specialised tractors with attached equipment, mini excavator with forest mulcher, motor drills and bushes; — Collecting and processing seeds for the production of saplings — more than 8.549 kg of seeds from 12 forest-wood species will be collected; — Production of more than 2.2 million saplings for the planned afforestation under the project in forest nurseries of the SEDP; — Cleaning, soil preparation, afforestation and care for the young forests created — planting more than 2.2 million trees on a total area of 330.5 ha, falling within 7 protected areas of the national ecological network Natura 2000; — Supporting natural regeneration in areas of 5 types of forest natural habitats — through activities to improve soil structure, remove invasive and competitive vegetation and sow seeds on 295.8 ha in 8 Natura 2000 sites; —Improving the structure of areas of 9 types of forest natural habitats — by applying visual events on 605.2 ha in 9 Natura 2000 sites; — Conducting an information and training campaign and organising activities on afforestation with volunteers. The implementation of the planned activities and the enhancement of the capacity of the SOE for afforestation and the implementation of sustainable forestry practices will ensure the sustainability of the project results and the possibility for their multiplication in the future.