Whether wild forest or forestry: our book and magazine recommendations provide important knowledge for all forest lovers.
Forests and forests are the green lungs of our earth, they are a habitat for plants and animals and invite us to walk, hike and discover. But they also provide us with resources such as building materials and heating material – and are threatened by climate change, clear-cutting and pests such as the bark beetle.
What is the state of nature and wilderness in our forests and forests? How does this complex ecosystem work? And how can forestry help preserve this green legacy? Our reading tips below provide answers to these questions and a wealth of knowledge about forestry.
1. “Forest Nature”
In “Waldnatur” the natural scientist and best-selling author Josef H. Reichholf takes us on a journey into local forests and shows us their biological diversity. He directs our attention to the small details of leaves, needles and flowers as well as to the larger perspective of ecosystems and forestry.
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Non-fiction | 2022 | Hardcover | 320 pages | by Josef H. Reichholf
Reading tip: The forest in climate change – read in this excerpt from “Forest Nature” by Josef Reichholf how our forests can become climate-stable by adapting to regional conditions.
2. “The Forest Book”
Esther Gonstalla explains everything you need to know about the forest ecosystem in “The Forest Book”. As usual from her book series “Our World in 50 Graphics,” she manages to convey scientific data and facts through understandable imagery.
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Non-fiction | 2021 | Hardcover | 128 pages | by Esther Gonstalla
Reading tip: Protecting forests: 10 important measures against the climate crisis, by Esther Gonstalla.
3. “National Park”
The magazine National Park is dedicated to nature conservation and wilderness areas in Germany, Europe and the whole world – and therefore always also to forests. The most recent cover topic was about forests in transition (03/24), forest conversion in climate change (02/21), the Šumava National Park and the Vision Intersilva (01/21) or volunteer work in the mountain forest project (03/21). You can also download the special edition for the Steigerwald National Park free of charge.
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trade magazine | 4 issues per year
4. “The wrong path”
How critical are the forests in Germany? In “The Wooden Path,” 36 experts present their insights and practical experiences clearly – as a criticism of failed forestry practices, as a wake-up call to civil society and as an urgent appeal to politicians for an ecological forest transition.
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Non-fiction | 2021 | Softcover | 480 pages | by Hans Dieter Knapp, Siegfried Klaus, Lutz Fähser (eds.):
5. “Forests in Motion”
Our current forests will hardly be able to withstand the climate crisis. So what can we do? In “Forests in Motion,” forestry scientist Christian Kölling invites you on a journey through time into the forest of the future and shows how forest conversion can be successful in response to climate change.
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Technical book | 2024 | Softcover | 162 pages | by Christian Kölling
6. “The luck of the resource”
A plea for confidence: In “On the Happiness of Resources,” the authors explain in 25 articles how we can design forests ecologically as part of the cultural landscape and how the generational task of forest conversion is already being addressed.
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Technical book | 2022 | Softcover | 336 pages | by Albrecht Bemmann, Roland Irslinger, Kenneth Anders (eds.)
7. “The Tree”
From a small seed to a fallen giant: In “The Tree,” David Suzuki and Wayne Grady describe 700 years in the life of a Canadian Douglas fir – and in the process take numerous excursions into human cultural history and the evolutionary history of our planet.
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Non-fiction | 2018 | Softcover | 256 pages | by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady. With a foreword by Peter Wohlleben
Tip: You can also find more reading recommendations about plants and animals in our reading list 10 books for nature lovers
8. “Wood”
Forests have always provided people with building materials and fuel. In “Wood” from the book series “Stuff Stories,” Joachim Radkau tells the eventful and exciting cultural history of this natural material.
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Non-fiction | 2018 | Softcover | 352 pages | by Joachim Radkau
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