In an open letter to the German federal government as well as to members of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament, the Forst & Holz platform urgently warns of massive negative consequences for forest owners, forestry companies and timber companies in Germany as a result of the EUDR regulation. Implementation in the form currently planned would lead to the abandonment of forest management in many places and would force smaller companies in particular out of the market. Georg Schirmbeck, deputy platform spokesman and President of the German Forestry Council (DFWR), emphasizes: “The practical implementation of this regulation ...