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    Giving Tuesday 2026

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    Forest and climate protec­tion

    Forests are not only the green lungs of our planet – they also act as a buffer in the climate system. During photo­syn­thesis, trees absorb carbon and store it in the form of organic compounds in […]

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    Forest, water and more … – further infor­ma­tion

    Biodi­ver­sity Ampoorter, E. et al. (2020): Tree diver­sity is key for promo­ting the diver­sity and abundance of forest-associated taxa in Europe. Oikos 129(2): 133–146. https://lirias.kuleuven.be/retrieve/86e3e71e-680e-4175-b0b3-694c3a90db74 Europe-wide multi-site study: Tree species diver­sity syste­ma­ti­cally promotes the diver­sity and abundance of associated […]

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    Damaged forest areas need nesting aids

  • #News 30.04.2026

    Forest needs support

    Back soon in the forest! We are looking for planting mentors who would like to support our environ­mental protec­tion activi­ties. Here are our next autumn dates for 2026 30.11. Nurem­berg Interested? Then please get in touch with us immedia­tely. And here’s more infor­ma­tion about planting mentors…

  • #News 03.03.2026

    On the Day of the Forest: children plant the future – one day before World Water Day

    Planting deciduous trees together On 21 March, the Day of the Forest, something very special is happe­ning in the Harz: children and parents are writing the future together. Just one day before World Water Day, we are all getting stuck in together – with […]

  • #News 18.12.2025

    Press release December 2025

    2025: 95,600 site-appro­priate deciduous trees of 23 diffe­rent species were planted on 28.15 hectares of former conife­rous forest damage areas Hamburg, 18 December 2025 – The environ­mental protec­tion associa­tion Trink­was­ser­wald e. V. draws an impres­sive balance for 2025: 95,600 site-appro­priate deciduous trees […]

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    Planting events „Wald in Not“ in the Harz

    Since 2017, more than 900,000 hectares of forest have died nation­wide due to drought and bark beetle infesta­tion, as the satel­lite data from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), published in September 2025, show. Until now, the assump­tion had been 500,000 hectares of damaged area […]

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    climate-resilient mixed deciduous forests

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    Mushrooms – the invisible archi­tects of life

    Mushrooms are among the oldest living organisms on Earth. Their history goes back more than one billion years – long before the first plants or animals existed. Fossil finds show that mushrooms were already present in the early develo­p­mental phases […]

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    Plant deciduous trees – for more ground­water and more resilient forests

    When we plant deciduous trees together, we do so in monocul­ture conife­rous forests or on damaged conifer forest areas that have become diseased and died as a result of drought and damage events. Our deciduous tree planting thus creates drinking water forests. A drinking water forest… is a former […]

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    Trees – giants with ancient history and vital tasks

    Trees are true masters of adapt­a­tion and survival Their growth is far more than an impres­sive natural pheno­menon – it is the result of a long evolu­tio­nary develo­p­ment and the basis for the stabi­lity of entire ecosys­tems.   […]