There are many interests involved in deforestation, including the use of wood and wood fiber in bio-based construction. Sustainable forest management also reduces harvesting as opposed to stimulating new growth. However, cutting down trees is frequently linked to destroying forests, a phenomenon that has become more prevalent, particularly since the 1990s.
“How can Staatbosbeheer change the public perception that tree harvesting is not necessarily bad, but could also be beneficial to nature and the environment (and thus increase its acceptance in the Netherlands?)”
THE CHALLENGE
