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As part of the ongoing task “Wood Resource Monitoring,” roundwood-processing companies will be surveyed in the coming weeks regarding their use of raw materials. The aim is to gain a comprehensive overview of wood usage in the German sawmill industry.

As part of the ongoing task “Wood Resource Monitoring,” operators of biomass combustion plants will be surveyed in the coming weeks regarding their use of wood raw materials. The aim is to gain a comprehensive overview of the use of wood for energy in German biomass combustion plants.

From September 29 to October 2, twelve members of our institute participated in this year’s Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung (FoWiTa 2025) under the motto “Rethinking Forests”, held at the University of Freiburg.

The Thünen Institute of Forestry participated in the 5th World Teak Conference, held from 17–20 September 2025 in Kochi, Kerala, India, under the theme “Sustainable Development of the Global Teak Sector – Adapting to Future Markets and Environments.”

Since August, Jana Tillmann has been supporting our team as a student assistant in the research area Economic Evaluation, Forest and Society.

The "Typical Enterprise Approach" put to the test. Small-scale private forest enterprises play an important role in many EU countries.

Since mid july Caroline de Souza Cruz Salomão has joined our team in the working group "Forestry Worldwide" as a researcher.

New estimates on global wood fuel improve available data considerably and help to better understand wood fuel removals and charcoal production in many countries.

evidence from south-central Ethiopia. The study assesses the performance of passive and active restoration strategies.

using remote sensing, U-Net and machine learning.