As of: February 2, 2024, 5:44 a.m
By: Laura Forster
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In the coming period, foresters will examine the forests in Bavaria for signs of browsing, like here Karl Einwanger, forest officer from the Brunnthal forest district (r.).
Minister Michaela Kaniber invited people to Benno Maier's forest in Hohenbrunn to start the new vegetation report.
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The Bavarian forests should continue to be healthy in the future - everything in harmony with the game.
Minister Michaela Kaniber has now launched an offensive on the future of the forest in Hohenbrunn.
Hohenbrunn - Karl Einwanger, forestry officer from the Brunnthal forest district, holds a small laptop in one hand and a meter stick in the other.
Together with Julia Borasch from the Aschheim forest district, he trudges through a forest near Hohenbrunn.
The forester stops every few meters and uses her hands to examine the branches of young trees that are knee to waist high.
“No damage from browsing or sweeping,” she says, and Einwanger writes down the information on his laptop.
The two are watched with interest by a group of politicians, foresters, forest owners and hunters.
On Thursday morning they accepted the invitation of the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism to the forest to jointly launch the new vegetation report, which takes place every three years.
Bite marks
“Today is really good for the forest, the starting signal for the campaign couldn't have been better,” says Forestry Minister Michaela Kaniber, sheltered from the rain under a pavilion, while water rains down to her left and right.
“I hope that a signal will be set in close cooperation in the next few weeks and months.
Because we are not doing this for ourselves, but for our children and our grandchildren,” says the minister.
“In times of climate change, it is of vital importance to preserve forests.
However, this can only be achieved if climate-resistant tree species have a chance to grow into sustainable mixed forests.
Where there is too much game, the very tree species that we so urgently need are lost.”
22,000 recording points
In the coming period, foresters will examine the forests in Bavaria for signs of browsing.
They record the condition of shoots and buds at around 22,000 recording points, as demonstrated by Einwanger and Borasch.
The hunters can take part in the inventory to get an idea directly on site.
“I call on you to accompany the surveys and clarify open questions,” says Kaniber.
The campaign should be transparent and trustworthy and show where forest and wildlife are in harmony and where there is still a need for action.
Based on the data collected, the authorities prepare the so-called forestry reports on the situation of forest regeneration.
They evaluate whether or not browsing is acceptable for the forest in the 750 conservation communities across the country.
Those involved will then receive the forestry report for the respective conservancy communities in the autumn in order to be able to carry out the three-year harvest planning next spring on a well-founded basis.
“A lot of meaningfulness”
“I am totally convinced by the vegetation reports,” says Benno Maier, hunting director in Hohenbrunn and owner of the forest, which has around 18 tree species.
“They have a lot of significance.” He himself has been committed to decimating the wild population for years in order to improve the forest, but also to minimize accidents involving wildlife.
For his great commitment, he was recently awarded the State Prize for exemplary forest management from Kaniber (we reported).
“It is important that all hunters move to one stand.
It’s not about extermination, and the animal must not suffer under any circumstances,” says Benno Maier.
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According to Kaniber, foresters, forest owners and hunters urgently need to join forces in order to preserve the green lung.
“The survey that is now starting is active climate protection.”
Further news from the Munich district can be found here.