Helping nature along

Oak seed to save forests from climate change

Provincial Councillor Heinrich Dorner and Building Director Wolfgang Heckenast planting young trees.(Bild: LMS)

There is no "cure" for today's severe capricious weather conditions. Or is there? The first trees of a clean future are already thriving on two hectares in the state forest garden in Weiden am See.

Forestry is particularly hard hit by climate change. The trees that are planted today will probably have to withstand far more extreme changes before they are used in several years' time. Rising temperatures are increasingly weakening the vitality of nature. In order to be prepared for all eventualities, forest owners in Burgenland are provided with seeds that are "climate-ready".