Since the year 2018, the yield and management situation in German forest enterprises is characterized by extreme weather events (storms, draught) and, consequently, bark beetle calamities, leading to a significant above-average occurrence of damaged timber. In addition to processing the damaged...

This paper assesses the effects that different economic instruments to reward carbon sequestration services might have on forest management, especially on the optimal rotation period. Three different carbon crediting schemes are considered, which are based on different accounting rules. The...

In the context of implementing the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) approximately 17% of the German forest area was designated in “Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)”. Amongst these there are many beech forests which were not subject to a special protection status before.

Das Thünen-Institut wurde vom Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) gebeten, die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der biobasierten Wirtschaft in Deutschland zu kalkulieren. Grundlage bildet die vom Bioökonomierat der Bundesregierung aufgestellte...