The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rohholz eV – the Working Group on Raw Wood Consumers – (AGR), a voluntary association of companies and associations of the raw wood processing industries in Germany and the neighboring countries has raised questions over the balance of softwood and hardwood in German forests.  The proportion of young conifers in German forests is decreasing, said AGR, adding that the reason for this is the conversion of the forest to more hardwood that started decades ago for purely ecological reasons.  “The forest conversion to more stable mixed forests is fundamentally correct. However, if one relies ...