Various excursions will be on offer to conference delegates. An interesting programme of events with forestry and wood themes, as well as cultural and culinary highlights, is waiting for you.
May 23rd provides an opportunity for a 'get-together' for the leading representatives of the international forest and timber industries and conference delegates.
Ambassadors and politicians are planting trees in Bonn on May 27th
The German Forestry Council is the agency which represents all sectors of the German forestry and timber industries.
The German Timber Industry Council is the leading organization within the German timber industry. Its task is to represent the common interests of the timber industry on fundamental issues.
In German forests 2 cubic metres of timber is produced every second.
That is over 90 cubic metres per year. Only about 2/3 of that amount is used. Consequently, the forests in Germany are expanding. This is achieved through a programme of sustainable forestry.
Source: BWI 2, 2004With a turnover of 77.8 billion euros, almost 600,000 employees and 64,500 businesses, the forestry industry is an important branch of the economy. In addition to the many large enterprises in the derived timber product, pulp and paper industries, the timber industry consists of many medium-sized and smaller businesses such as sawmills, the timber trade, the furniture industry and the prefabricated construction industry as well as carpentry, joinery and cabinet making. For the most part, these businesses are family run concerns, which are based in rural, structurally weak regions. Consequently, the timber industry is particularly important with regard to the regional economic structure and employment market.
That is over 90 cubic metres per year. Only about 2/3 of that amount is used. Consequently, the forests in Germany are expanding. This is achieved through a programme of sustainable forestry.
Just under a third of Germany's land mass is made up of forest. With 3.4 billion cubic metres of timber, Germany has a larger stock of timber than, for example, Finland or Sweden. Since 1961, forested areas have increased by 9%.
Source: BWI 2, 2004
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