trees and don t have enough people to do it was. the very in state forest on the austrian border it s one of the most densely wooded parts of germany. it s a popular recreational area and a key source for the timber industry. it s mostly a monoculture of spruce with just a few deciduous trees here in there so local forest is looking to introduce new species. mixed forest can be very profitable firstly you actually get more wood from the same surface area of a mixed forest than a monoculture. and the other aspect is that we re planting a forest now with raw materials for the future. we want to provide a well sorted warehouse so that in 100 years they ll be spruce for the construction industry beach sycamore furniture. so not just one type of tree but
look set to continue to grow as a thing for less than the whole without value. this sawmill in southern germany processes timber from local farthest south the area normally gets lots of rain but more and more of the wood arriving at the mill shows signs of damage due to lack of water. profits have fallen by 10 percent a year since 2017 other mills in the area report even greater declines. the old slow your disease tipping this is blue rot caused by fun guy carried by beetles and the wood is just as stable as unaffected or odd but doesn t look good so you can t use it everywhere prices for trunks and sawed playing so fallen by a quarter. monocultures like this spruce forest in the hearts mountains help the beetle spread very quickly more so than forests with a mix of deciduous and connect for us trees forests or votes come let s see in says