Why Europe and America’s dying forests could be good news
Germany is losing its forests, FAST. In the central Harz region, over 90 percent of spruce trees are dead or dying because of climate change and insect damage. But this isn’t necessarily bad news. Instead of the former monoculture forest, a more resilient, wild forest is springing up, with a more abundant ecosystem.
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Credits:
Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Video Editor: Frederik Willmann Camera: Marco Borowski
Supervising Editors: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Background information on Harz National Park (in English):
https://en.harzinfo.de/pure-nature/th...
https://www.nationalpark-harz.de/en/p...
Managing bark beetle outbreaks, Policy Brief by Forest Europe:
https://foresteurope.org/wp-content/u...
Study on Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:38 History of the forests
1:25 Why spruces are everywhere
3:30 Enter: The bark beetle
5:19 Bark beetle central
8:31 The forestry’s approach
12:12 Conclusion
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