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Climate change in the forest - the TAZ reports. Against the background of the effects of drought and heat on forests in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, forestry and timber experts discuss various approaches to adapting forests to the changed conditions.

Young researchers presenting their work on the scientific seminar dedicated to the circular economy at Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH in St Veit an der Glan.

Wood from hemp, bamboo, palm - an alternative to tree wood? Andreas Krause discusses this question in the programme "Echtzeit" on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

In the course of the KIDA project, a symposium took place at which we were able to present our project KI_Wood-ID.

From September 11 to 15, the Thünen Institute and project partners presented the recently completed underwater drilling resistance measuring device in the diving container in Hall 7

In cooperation with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the Thünen Institute for Wood Research organised an international workshop on the identification of CITES-protected woods from 14 to 15 September.

On 08/25/2023, an article titled " Together for the Treasure of the Forest" was published in the Holz-Zentralblatt. The article was written in the last weeks by an international group of participants of the IUFRO Division 5th Conference in Cairns, Australia.

From July 3 to 7, the ISWFPC, the important international conference on wood chemistry, was held at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Results from research projects of the Thünen Institute of Wood Research were presented.

Promising results from the last 15 years of testing

Delara Burkhardt, Member of the European Parliament and the Committee on Environment, Health and Food Safety, visited the Thünen Institute of Wood Research at the Barsbüttel site to exchange views on topics related to the circular use of wood.

Positive influence of moisture below cell wall saturation

Ilisha Josefine Lange has successfully completed her training as a chemical laboratory assistant at the Thünen Institute for Wood Research. We congratulate her!

An IUFRO Division 5 (Forest products) conference entitled "The Forest Treasure Chest - Delivering Outcomes for Everyone" was held in Cairns from 4 to 8 June 2023.

When is wood absolutely dry?

A literature review brings clarity

First attempts to examine treated products in full size

Critical evaluation of existing standards for determining the biological durability of wood and recommendations for their revision

Thünen-Institute of Wood Research represented through the projects KLIMAtiv and HoFaTo

Examination of height- and tissue-dependence of important substance groups

In the period 19 - 21 April 2023, a conference on the subject of forensic examination methods was held at the Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine (University of Zurich) with the participation of the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.