Heidelberg Forest Symposium

The state of the forest in Germany is worrying: the drought years since 2018 have had a very clear impact. The bread and butter tree of German forestry, the spruce, has no future in Germany due to climate change, but deciduous trees are also suffering from the heat and drought. Scientific findings that shed light on the complex interrelationships in the forest ecosystem can provide important information for forestry and politics.
The Heidelberg Forest Symposium is intended to create an opportunity for information and exchange between science, citizens, politics and forestry with the aim of preserving the forest as an intact ecosystem.

Program

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Grams, TU Munich, School of Life Science
KROOF: a multi-year experiment on the effects of drought on tree growth

11:30 – 12:00 a.m.
Dr. Michael Staab, TU Darmstadt, Department of Biology
Biodiversity loss in forests using the example of insects

12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Rainer Luick, Emeritus Professor at Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences
The narrative of the climate neutrality of wood as a resource

12:30 – 14:00
Discussion round chaired by Dr. Lutz Fähser, retired senior forestry director and founder of the Lübeck model of near-natural forest management

The program will be moderated by Dr. Gerlind Wallon, Waldvision Nußloch

In cooperation with Waldvision Nußloch