Germany’s sawmilling sector calls for urgent expansion of beetle-damaged spruce storage

Germany’s sawmilling sector is calling for urgent action to expand beetle-damaged spruce timber storage capacities across the nation. The German Sawmill and Timber Industry Association made the call following the publication of new recommendations for the storage and utilization for beetle damaged spruce timber. Research shows that hundreds of thousands of hectares of German spruce forest have been damaged by the spruce bark beetle, costing the industry significant sums. The Agency for Renewable Resources collaborative project NUKAFI (Investigations into the Material Utilization Potential and Storage Options for Spruce Damaged Timber) found that properly treated damaged timber ...