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Forest dieback in the Arnsberg Forest nature park Park, over 70 per cent of the spruce trees are diseased, damaged, mostly by the bark beetle, which was able to spread due to drought and heat, climate change, attempts are being made to adapt the forest to climate change by replanting other tree species, near Hirschberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

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BRK24E71_493

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Keywords

70 Arnsberg Arnsberg Forest Arnsberg Forest Nature Park Bark beetle Beetle Business Central Europe Coleoptera Conifer Coniferales Curculionidae Environmentally harmful Europe European spruce FRG Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Forest trees Forestry German German Federal Republic Germany Hirschberg Hochsauerland Hochsauerland district Insect Insecta Middle Europe NRW Naturepark Arnsberger Forrest Naturepark Arnsberger Wald Naturpark Naturpark Arnsberger Wald No People North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Norway spruce Picea Picea abies Pinaceae Pinales Republic of Germany Sauerland Scolytinae Snout beetle Spruce Spruce tree Stock of trees Timber industry Timber yard Tree species Weevil animal area arid bald bare bough branch broken bug bust cadaver carcass circle climate change climate crisis conifer coniferous coniferous tree conservation area corrupted countryside damage damaged dead dead animal defective deserted destroyed drought dry dryness ecocide ecological damage economy empty environment environmental contamination environmental damage environmental destruction environmental issue environmental pollution environmental reserve european forest forest damage forest decline forest dieback forest management forested forestry genus global warming harmful to the environment heat kind landscape landscape photo landscape shot log log dump lumberyard mountain mountainous natural preserve natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve no one nobody open air pest polluting pollution pollution of the environment protected area reserve round sanctuary scenery seventy species stock storage store timber industry travel photography tree tree branch tree death tree mortality tree trunk trunk type uninhabited vermin warehouse warm warmth wood wood storage wooded wooden storage