but here in germany forests are being put under pressure by ryans of factors but the most pressing one is drought for several consecutive years simply hasn't been enough rainfall across the country reforestation schemes aim to help bridge store and diversify their parched woodlands. planting expedition in the southern german state of the bay area we're at an altitude of 900 metres these volunteers according to help when forestry commission need to replace trees something that's happening more and more often with. partners that we've worked with for years are suffering major losses so they're asking us if we can do more than the usual 2 or 3 weeks in one place for next year we already have requests coming from many parts of germany because they urgently need to plant new