Forest Culture
In the course of the 18th century the forest trades and massive logging led to an overexploitation of the forests. Forest management and reforestation – according to the principles of “sustainability” – attempt to counteract this development.
Sustainable management – this means not harvesting more wood than what grows back. Acting on this principle, German forestry and forest science are meanwhile recognized worldwide for their exemplary work in this field. Their research focuses above all on domestic timbers.
Wood has marked our culture and our daily lives from time immemorial. However, most of the once flourishing forest trades – timber rafting, rosin scraping, charcoal making, tanning or glass blowing – have meanwhile disappeared in Germany. But nowadays wood is still not only used as fuel. It serves as building material and is also found in parquet, in door and window frames, in furniture, crates, coffins, music instruments, toys and in paper.
