Czech Republic: Forest owners to receive state compensation for damaged wood
The Czech Ministry of Agriculture collected the 2019 applications for damaged wood compensation for non-state [...]
October 5, 2020
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Sweden: Record volumes of damaged wood caused by the bark beetles
The spruce bark beetle has already done as much damage to Sweden’s forests so far this year as in [...]
September 28, 2020
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Fears of a second wave of bark beetles in Sweden after dry August
The Swedish Forest Agency and the forestry have been monitoring the swarms of spruce bark beetles, and their observations show [...]
September 14, 2020
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Germany deployed army in forests to fight against the bark beetle
In the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate, the German army has been deployed to fight against bark beetles. In the neighboring [...]
August 30, 2020
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Bad prospects in the German and Austrian forests due to calamities and coronavirus
The first half of the year was extremely bad for the majority of Austrian and German [...]
August 28, 2020
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German forests decimated by the bark beetle, drought
In Germany, rising temperatures and droughts have made trees more vulnerable to attacks by bark beetles [...]
August 25, 2020
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European forests under sustained pressure, study says
No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive analysis of the consequences [...]
August 11, 2020
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Swiss wood market marked by coronavirus and bark beetle
The Swiss timber market has so far navigated the pandemic "relatively well", the Swiss Timber Commission [...]
July 14, 2020
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Impact on wood markets of the European bark beetle crisis
Between 2017 and 2019, over 270 million m3 of standing timber in Central Europe was damaged by a [...]
July 13, 2020
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Massive price drops for logs in Austria due to bark beetle infestation and coronavirus crisis
The log market in Austria is currently impacted by the bark beetle infestation and the coronavirus crisis in June. [...]
July 2, 2020
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