Bark beetle will attack up to 60 million cubic meters of wood this year in the Czech Republic, and next year, the volume of damaged wood can double up to 120 million cubic meters.   In the following years, due to the fact that less than half of the original spruce stands remain in the damaged area, the numbers of infected trees is expected to decrease. This is estimated by the think-tank Czech Forest in its medium-term forecast. This development is conditional on the continuation of bark beetle calamity development as it has been in ...