Hamburg, 18/12/25. The environ­mental protec­tion associa­tion Trinkwasserwald draws its conclu­sions for 2025: 95,600 deciduous trees of 23 diffe­rent species were planted on 28.15 hectares of conifer-damage sites – thanks to the generous support of numerous compa­nies, which, despite econo­mic­ally diffi­cult times, sent a clear signal in favour of environ­mental and climate protec­tion. In 2025, a focus was on the Harz, which lost over 90 % of its spruce stands due to drought and bark beetle infesta­tion. Here, the associa­tion made an important contri­bu­tion to the ecolo­gical revita­li­sa­tion of one of Germany’s most severely damaged forest regions.