On the positive side: now the forest can regenerate in a more natural way. The fir plantations are mostly a remnant of the mining era in the mountains and the standing dead wood is very benefitial for various birds, insects and fungi.
But yes, currently the Harz highlands look a lot like the scottish ones rather than the deep forests it used to be 20 years ago.
Xenoon_ on
Thats why monocultures are bad kids
god bless the Laub- und Mischwälder
ichbinverwirrt420 on
It’s gonna regrow
AndroidPornMixTapes on
The monoculture is gone, growth is happening, this is an uplifting picture, not heartbreaking at all!
silenttravelguide on
This really hit me today. Seeing the ….Waldsterben… in person is something else entirely. The scale of the transformation in the Harz is just heartbreaking.
Took me a while to realize that most of the forest jn Germany was artificially planted for logging.
Now that I have seen old growth forest in central Pennsylvania USA, I can’t enjoy the walks in german forests as much. Of course a lot of PA woods are second / third growth…. But at least not monoculture in near tidy rows…
Opening_Somewhere502 on
Der Wald kommt wieder. Nur anders als früher. Dauert noch ein Weilchen.
Der Vorgang heißt sekundäre Sukzession.
1. Pionierpflanzen (Gräser, Moose)
2. Sträucher
3. junge Bäume
4. stabiler Wald
Dieser Prozess wird in dem Fall durch Menschenhand beschleunigt – Aufforstung.
Sehr spannender Prozess.
digitalcosmonaut on
Been looking like this for years. The Borkenkäfer killed all the spruce trees. Now they’re dealing with the Eichenprachtkäfer which is killing the remaining oak trees.
silenttravelguide on
I totally agree, and I know it will eventually recover and become a more natural forest. But having been here in my youth, seeing this transformation in person was quite a shock. It’s hard to see the landscape you remember change so drastically.
Jhaiden on
Harz Breaking
Interesting_Rise4616 on
Time to get rid of the conifere monoculture woods in germany. We are not siberia.
RabidBanana6769 on
We had something similar in my area like 20 years ago and only severerly affected area was pine monoculture. As it was artificially planted I consider that nothing of value was lost. I would be very sad if that would be a natural reserve tho.
Away-Huckleberry9967 on
It’s now called the Bürgergeld Mountains and will soon be called the Grundsicherung Mountains. /s
Oh no no this is wonderful. Now this disgrace of a „forest“ is gone and the greedy idiot planting a monoculture there hopefully bankrupt. What is sad is that said greedy idiot was allowed to plant such monocultures in the first place.
TopConclusion7032 on
More than 30 years ago the Harz looked the same. This gives me a good feeling that it will look good again within my lifetime.
OtherwiseAct8126 on
I saw a video about this 1 or 2 years ago and everyone involved was rather happy that the old monoculture forest was gone and new things are growing and more naturally and resilient than before
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The result of great bug they said, been there!
On the positive side: now the forest can regenerate in a more natural way. The fir plantations are mostly a remnant of the mining era in the mountains and the standing dead wood is very benefitial for various birds, insects and fungi.
But yes, currently the Harz highlands look a lot like the scottish ones rather than the deep forests it used to be 20 years ago.
Thats why monocultures are bad kids
god bless the Laub- und Mischwälder
It’s gonna regrow
The monoculture is gone, growth is happening, this is an uplifting picture, not heartbreaking at all!
This really hit me today. Seeing the ….Waldsterben… in person is something else entirely. The scale of the transformation in the Harz is just heartbreaking.
[Why Germany’s dying forests could be good news](https://www.dw.com/en/why-germanys-dying-forests-could-be-good-news/a-70461269)
Took me a while to realize that most of the forest jn Germany was artificially planted for logging.
Now that I have seen old growth forest in central Pennsylvania USA, I can’t enjoy the walks in german forests as much. Of course a lot of PA woods are second / third growth…. But at least not monoculture in near tidy rows…
Der Wald kommt wieder. Nur anders als früher. Dauert noch ein Weilchen.
Der Vorgang heißt sekundäre Sukzession.
1. Pionierpflanzen (Gräser, Moose)
2. Sträucher
3. junge Bäume
4. stabiler Wald
Dieser Prozess wird in dem Fall durch Menschenhand beschleunigt – Aufforstung.
Sehr spannender Prozess.
Been looking like this for years. The Borkenkäfer killed all the spruce trees. Now they’re dealing with the Eichenprachtkäfer which is killing the remaining oak trees.
I totally agree, and I know it will eventually recover and become a more natural forest. But having been here in my youth, seeing this transformation in person was quite a shock. It’s hard to see the landscape you remember change so drastically.
Harz Breaking
Time to get rid of the conifere monoculture woods in germany. We are not siberia.
We had something similar in my area like 20 years ago and only severerly affected area was pine monoculture. As it was artificially planted I consider that nothing of value was lost. I would be very sad if that would be a natural reserve tho.
It’s now called the Bürgergeld Mountains and will soon be called the Grundsicherung Mountains. /s
https://www.dw.com/en/why-germanys-dying-forests-could-be-good-news/a-70461269
Oh no no this is wonderful. Now this disgrace of a „forest“ is gone and the greedy idiot planting a monoculture there hopefully bankrupt. What is sad is that said greedy idiot was allowed to plant such monocultures in the first place.
More than 30 years ago the Harz looked the same. This gives me a good feeling that it will look good again within my lifetime.
I saw a video about this 1 or 2 years ago and everyone involved was rather happy that the old monoculture forest was gone and new things are growing and more naturally and resilient than before