Primeval forests, natural and commercial forests in the context of biodiversity and climate protection: Part 2

PART 2: THE NARRATIVE OF THE CLIMATE NEUTRALITY OF WOOD AS A RESOURCE
In this two-part essay we discuss arguments on the topics of (1) biodiversity and forestry, (2) CO 2 storage and sink performance of used and unused forests and (3) climate protection effects of the energetic use of wood against the background of current climate policy decisions of the EU and the Federal government. The present first part deals with the occurrence of primeval and natural forests in Europe and refutes the thesis that they cannot make an important contribution to biodiversity protection. In addition, the contribution of primeval forests, natural forests and commercial forests is compared with climate protection.