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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
© Thünen-Institut
A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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WF Forestry

Forests and Society

A collage shows a sign for hiking trails, pink and white flowering foxglove in a clearing, and a floodplain forest.
© Markus Dög; Mathias Rütze; Lydia Rosenkranz

The societal demands on forests are diverse, almost as diverse as society itself.

Forests shall supply timber, pure water and clean air. Forests shall be species rich and provide a place for recreation and deliver all this in a sustainable way. Our research team conducts economic evaluation and sustainability assessments of forests. We analyze and assess cost and benefits as well as sustainability of the forest’s services.

Sustainability Assessment

Management of forests and timber utilisation not only has environmental but also economic and social impacts.

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Sustainability Assessment

Economic Evaluation

Forests do not only supply timber. They are also very important for recreation purposes and supply pure water and clean air.

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Economic Evaluation
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