Aerial View on Beech Forest in the Spessart Mountains

Aerial view on mixed beech forests in public forest in the Spessart Mountains. South of Heigenbruecken you find an older broadleaf forest of about 150 years within the forest district Spoeckes. The picture demonstrates the rareness of natural beech forests within artificial deciduous forests in the so called ‘Glashuetten-Spessart’.

In original language:

Luftaufnahme Buchenwald im Spessart

Luftaufnahme eines Buchenmischwalds im bayerischen Staatsforst im Spessart. Suedlich von Heigenbruecken gelegener ca. 150 Jahre alter Laubholzbestand ohne Laub in der Abteilung Spoeckes. Das Bild zeigt die Besonderheit der letzten naturnahen Laubholzbestaende in mitten naturferner Nadelholzwaelder im Glashuetten-Spessart.

Unique identifier: GP04BH8

Type: Image

Shoot date: 28/04/2012

Locations: Bavaria, Europe, Germany, Spessart Mountains

Credit line: © Michael Kunkel / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Beech Forests in the Spessart Mountains

Beech forests and mixed beech forests in the Spessart Mountains have areas with old beech trees, that are ecologically particularly valuable. Deciduous forests, as a CO2 sink, are of importance for the climate and provide home to numerous animal and plant species.
The area is part of the public forests in the Bavarian Spessart Mountains. As owner of these forests, the Bavarian State refuses to provide information about the exact location and management of old beech and deciduous forests in this part of Spessart Mountains. Greenpeace demands that logging in public forests is immediately stopped in all deciduous forests with beech trees older than 140 years, until an agreement is made protecting 10 percent of the German public forests from any forestry uses.

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