How will the forest deal with climate change?

On Friday, 19th October, it was all about trees at the "Forum Waldkontroversen" conference in Bayreuth, jointly organized by the Ecological-Botanical Garden, the Campus Akademie and BayCEER. In the GCE Blog - published by students on subjects of the Master programme Global Change Ecology -  Leonie Fößel describes the controversial topics the four speakers presented: Climate change in the region, possible forestry reactions, pests and tree diseases as well as nature conservation and climate protection options. The conference continued with a panel discussion and an excursion on the next day.