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Aiwanger on the move: Forest damage in the Franconian Forest alarms experts!
On May 25, 2025, Hubert Aiwanger visited the Franconian Forest to discuss forest damage and tree species on an excursion.
Aiwanger on the move: Forest damage in the Franconian Forest alarms experts!
On May 25, 2025, an important excursion took place in the Franconian Forest, which was organized by the Bavarian Hunting Association, Naila district group. Bavarian Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger attended this event, which focused on the serious forest damage in the Franconian Forest. The excursion lasted from early morning to late afternoon and gave Aiwanger the opportunity to express his interest in different tree species such as fir, oak and beech. Frankenpost reports that the event took place against the backdrop of the ongoing bark beetle calamities in heavily forested regions.
This is the second part of Aiwanger's involvement in the forested areas of Bavaria. He recently visited the Bavarian Forest National Park with a delegation of hunters and forest owners to discuss the effects of forest damage and the challenges of reforestation. The event was not only informative, but also formative, as Aiwanger was guided by national park director Ursula Schuster through areas that had been reforested after the storms and calamities that had already occurred in the 1990s and 2000s. Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs documented that natural regeneration of up to 4,000 young plants per hectare was demonstrated in these areas over a period of ten years.
Sustainable forest management in focus
During his visits to the affected forest regions, Aiwanger discovered that the conditions in the Bavarian Forest cannot be directly transferred to the Franconian Forest. While forest owners in the Bavarian Forest can often leave dead trees lying around, forest owners in the Franconian Forest do not have this option. Aiwanger emphasized the need to plant tree species adapted to the dry and warm conditions in Franconia, including non-native species, to address the ecological challenges.
Close cooperation between forest owners and hunters is also important. Aiwanger sees this cooperation as an essential prerequisite for making the forests of the future sustainable and adapting to climate changes.