Beech Forests in the Spessart Mountains

Beech forests and mixed beech forests in public forest in the Spessart Mountains. Beech tree trunk covered with moss.

In original language:

Buchenwaelder im Spessart

Buchenwald und Buchenmischwald im bayerischen Staatsforst im Spessart. Ein kleiner Zweig waechst aus einem mit Moos bedeckten Buchenstamm.

Unique identifier: GP03HL5

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/04/2010

Locations: Bavaria, Europe, Germany, Spessart Mountains

Credit line: © Michael Kunkel / Greenpeace

Size: 3648px × 2736px 7MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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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