GERMANY

Almost 70 million sm³ of damaged wood

Article by Philipp Matzku, translated by Susanne Höfler | 02.12.2019 - 16:01

For 2019, Germany expects 68.6 million sm³ of damaged wood on all its area states. This is doubling of last year's damaged wood volume. North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Hesse are affected the most.

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The response of the German ministry of agriculture to an inquiry by The Green Party from October, the damaged wood volume in German federal states will increase by 53% compared to last year (2018: 32.5 million sm³).

The federal states North Rhine-Westphalia (14.5 million sm³; +69% yoy), Bavaria (9.8 million sm³; +53%) and Hessia (7.5 million sm³; +60%) reported the biggest damaged wood volumes.

In Lower Saxony (4.6 million sm³; -15%) as well as Schleswig-Holstein (195,000 sm³; -54%) the damaged wood figures, on the other hand, declined compared to 2018.

In total, all federal states (including the city states) are expected to accure a damaged wood volume of 105 million sm³ over the past two years.

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