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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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WF Forestry

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A collage shows a picture of an autumn forest, a timber truck being loaded and a view of the treetops against the sun.
Forestry in Germany

Our research team analyses the economic situation of forestry in German and its adaptation to changing legal regulations and economic and societal conditions.

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A collage shows images of bundled firewood under a thatched roof house, people measuring the circumference of a tree, a rainforest destroyed by fire, and a plantation.
Forestry Worldwide

Germany has signed important international framework agreements relevant to forests. We align our scientific agenda with these international commitments and their objectives. In order to promote the contribution of forests and forest management to ...

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A collage shows sections of diagrams and a tree trunk cut into longitudinal slices.
Forest Products Markets

In the research area of forest products markets, we analyse the use of wood. We examine national and international developments of timber markets and analyse global trade of wood products.

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A collage shows a sign for hiking trails, pink and white flowering foxglove in a clearing, and a floodplain forest.
Forests and Society

The societal demands on forests are diverse, almost as diverse as society itself.

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