German forest owners are strengthening their representation of interests in the European Union. To this end, they opened the "Representation of German Forest Owners at the EU" at the start of the year. The office in Brussels is supported by the AGDW, several state forest owners' associations and the family-run Land & Forst. Through the representation, the associations involved want to ensure that their interests are represented even more closely to national concerns. Max von Elverfeldt, Chairman of the family-run Land & Forst business: "When the new EU Commission took office a few weeks ago, we opened ...