Future Forestry: Adapting to Climate Change and Moving to Sustainable Forestry

The government intends to promote a modern timber industry and, as part of that, the greater use of wood as a building material.

After two years of drought, 2020 has also had a dry start. German forests are feeling the stress and the damage is becoming clear to see. The price of wood has fallen - partly due to the corona pandemic.

Through the economic stimulus package, the federal government is providing a further EUR 700 million for the preservation and sustainable management of forests; including the digitalization of forestry work and support for investment in modern machinery.

More from Germany's Covid-19 economic recovery package:

• Hydrogen strategy: making Germany the home of power-to-X
• Energy efficiency: greening Germany’s building stock
• Power grids: sector coupling through the SINTEG program
• EV charging infrastructure: turbocharging the mobility of tomorrow
• Solar and wind power: higher expansion limits