Autumn in the Beech Forest Spessart

Looking up at beech trees with autumn colours in the Spessart Mountains.

In original language:

Herbst im Buchenwald Spessart

Blick nach oben auf Buchen mit Herbstfaerbung im Spessart.

Unique identifier: GP04FQS

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/10/2012

Locations: Bavaria, Europe, Germany, Spessart Mountains

Credit line: © Luis Scheuermann / Greenpeace

Size: 4256px × 2832px 17MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Beech Forest in Autumn in Spessart Mountains

Autumn in a beech forest in the Spessart Mountains. Greenpeace activists continuing the mapping of the tree population of old beeches. Activists measure perimeter and diameter of beech trees and use satellite based GPS technology for the monitoring of ecologically valuable old trees.The area is part of the public forest 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 the 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 to protect 10 percent of the German state owned forests from any forestry uses.

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