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North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

SIMWOOD activities

Regional contacts

German Centre of Forest Work and Forest Technology (KWF)
Nadine Karl ()
Hans-Ulrich Dietz ()

 

Focus on North Rhine-Westphalia

Read the feature in SIMWOOD's November 2016 newsletter

Find out about:

  • SIMWOOD's work in the region
  • the two pilot projects

 

Events and presentations

17.05.2014

Exhibition, Wood Energy Technology Days, Hofolpe, North Rhine-Westphalia

 

Resources

SIMWOOD project leaflet Deutsch

SIMWOOD Projekt

Wälder als wichtige natürliche Ressource

Ungenutzte Holzressourcen erschliessen

 


Regional news

29.11.2015

Ein teurer Rechnungsfehler oder pure Absicht?
Die Welt

09.02.2015

Mehr Holz aus dem Kleinprivatwald? – der Beitrag von SIMWOOD
Deutscher Waldbesitzer

15.02.2014

Nadine Karl betreut ab sofort das EU-Projekt SIMWOOD beim KWF

14.02.2014

KWF-Thementage zeigen Forsttechnik, -ausrüstung und Verfahren für Kleinwaldflächen

06.16.2013

Das Holz wird knapp, Westfälische Nachrichten

09.11.2013

Münster mobilisiert Holz in Europa, Münstersche Zeitung

 

About North Rhine-Westphalia

Area: 34,100 km2
Population: 17.8 million
Forest area: 915,000 ha (27% of land)
Private forests: 600,000 ha (66% of total)
Private forest owners: 150,000
Forest type: Lowland beech forest of southern Scandinavia and north central Europe; mesophytic deciduous forest; plantations of non-native species

Specific situation

  • Major role of privately owned forest (66%, the highest share in Germany), and large unused resource potential.
  • Dense regional concentration of European wood industries (sawmilling, wood-based panels, paper: 25-35% of Germany's forest-based cluster), so strong regional demand for wood raw material.

Main challenges

  • Fragmented forest plots of less than 2 ha.
  • Large-scale impacts of storms - need for climate change adaptation.
  • Lack of incentive - net profit from timber of a forest plot <2 ha equals roughly one family dinner at a restaurant.

Regional initiatives

Clustermanagement Wald und Holz NRW
Informations- und Demonstrationzentrum Holz
Netzwerk Wald und Holz Eifel

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613762.