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The right digitalisation for forestry

A rapidly growing number of companies now offer digital products for forestry. But for whom are they actually useful? Do they really get the job done faster and better?

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Articles from the DLG-Mitteilungen

In German language

Wood remains a fuel of the future

The potential of forestry for farm income is often underestimated. After all, wood will remain attractive as a renewable energy source in the future with the new heating law.

 

Wirtschaftsaspekte von Privatwald

Gewinne aus dem Wald sind für viele Waldbesitzer allenfalls ein schönes Zubrot. Dabei lässt sich mit Holz durchaus langfristig gutes Geld verdienen. Hier erfahren Sie worauf es ankommt und was erfolgreiche Forstbetriebe besser machen als andere.

Timber marketing. Better together

Many forest owners can look back on six years of drought, calamities and windthrow. The resulting oversupply of timber makes lucrative marketing difficult. Forest communities offer support here.

Forest law. Between rights and obligations

They want to cut wood, walkers want to relax: the different functions that forests fulfil do not make it easy to reconcile everything.

Discover new business areas

For most forest owners, traditional timber sales are the main source of income. However, there are also many other interesting business areas, ranging from burial forests to the marketing of beechnuts.

30-40 % of them are damaged. This means that at least 27 billion trees are affected in Germany alone.

Read more in DLG-Magazine

Germany's forests provide an impressive range of services that are essential for both nature and people. These ecosystem services can be categorised into various functions that illustrate the versatility and value of forests.

Read more in DLG-Magazine

Planting new forests is one of the most important measures for counteracting the consequences of climate change, promoting biodiversity and ensuring valuable ecosystem services. 

Read more in DLG-Magazine

Podcasts foerstry

Does agroforestry represent a sustainable, but also practical system for agriculture that will enable future generations to farm successfully? Young farmer Jan Große-Kleimann talks about his agroforestry system in this podcast. (Only in German).

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