Who was out for a walk in the past few days in the nature, the might have noticed how many forest owners are out there. You saws, delimbing and loading the stuff. One of them is Stefan Leykam (48) from Feulersdorf is. He explains: “Now the weather is fine, now you do no harm.” During the wet, mild winter, the ground was too soft to ride with a tractor or forwarder.
That, at the Moment, so busy in the forest is worked, has a number of other reasons. “In the forest I’m out in the fresh air. Since I’ll be in touch with anyone,” says forest owners Roland Kauper (59) from Wonsees. He usually works on a freelance basis as an accident expert. Until three weeks ago, he had been almost daily, since the output limitation of sitting occasionally at a Desk. “The rest of the time I spend working I mainly with forest,” says Kauper.
bark beetles will fly again soon
the forest owners are now not only in the forest, you “should” even. In a press release from the 1. April has made it clear forestry Minister Michaela Kaniber: “in Order to keep future damage from the bark beetles as low as possible, should provide for Bavarian forest owners for a rapid reappraisal of freshly-damaged spruce trees, such as those by storm Sabine in February arose.” Also in the case of forest, it is important to observe the necessary rules of the infection protection, and to keep at least 1.5 metres distance to work. For safety reasons, have to be at work with the chainsaw but at least two people on the surface and have you in visual contact.
“is It, the rest of the damaged wood work”, explains Andreas Sommerer, Deputy head of the forestry authority in Kulmbach. Because at the latest by mid/end of April, the bark beetles will Wake up from its winter rest, fly out and new trees to infest. The forest service is preparing for a new beetle year before with “more staff on the sales floor and in the office,” says Sommerer. Since the beginning of March, two trained foresters were hired to support the areas in the focus area of the Franconian forest. A further point in the administration will at the latest be occupied from the beginning of may.
Also, contractors Benjamin Cock from Berndorf and his staff make on a busy focus of the season. “We are fully booked until the end of the year,” says Tauber. He was on the road every day, even on weekends. For his customers, he falls trees, and drives them to the storage bins. His daily work did not change the Corona-crisis, the contractors. In the morning at 6 o’clock it’ll go. Working often until after sunset. “The forwarder has the light,” kids Cock.
uncertainties in the timber trade
The forest owners Association Kulmbach-city of Steinach is currently working only with half the capacity. “Some of our employees need to care about your children, we take that into consideration,” says managing Director Theo Kaiser. We are doing everything Possible to keep the advice up and Running, however, would be waived on in-person Meetings with the forest owners as far as possible.
“Just call and Hallway entry. We watch it,” advises the Emperor to the forest owners. In the marketing of the wood there is at the Moment no problems, but as it goes on, standing in the stars. “If the sawmills can sell lumber, or the workforce is sick, then the wood might be lying”, he speculates.
the effects not
Steffen Rutert, the head of the round wood shopping at the sawmill “Gelo wood works” in a white town in the district of Wunsiedel said assess: “We cannot currently estimate what the impact of the crisis on the timber trade. There are too many imponderables, in terms of staff availability and markets.” However, we are convinced that it is up to the crisis, because wood will needed everywhere.
in times of crisis, the wood is in demand. “We are producing relevant products such as wood for crates or pallets. The will always be used, for example, for the Transport of pharmaceutical products,” explains Hans-Jörg Beautiful, round wood buyers at the sawmill Josef Ziegler GmbH in Plößberg in the upper Palatinate. Although the staff is lacking at the Moment residing in the Czech Republic, but the cross-border movement is not restricted. Beautiful, according to the round wooden driver that can get the wood from the storage bins keep working, even at a normal pace.
Export to China is up and running again
In the vicinity of Plößberg, in Betzenmühle, there is another sawmill, the Ziegler Group. As a single location, it is the largest in Europe with a surface area of around 45 hectares. The company has processed in the year, over two million cubic metres of round wood, also from upper Franconia. Beams, timbers, or boards via ship containers arrive in all of the world.
“at The Moment we feel a decline in demand in the European region, for the Export to China is up and running again,” says a spokesman. The company have very large capacities, but “if this year is a beetle of the year as 2019, we are, even with our alternate areas to our borders”.
This article by Adriane Lochner
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