The seizure of the Eich
In the autumn of 2018, HOLZmachen magazine carried an article describing how protected area status was being imposed on the Eich under the EU’s Habitats Directive. A few extracts from the text:
If nature conservation is primarily interpreted as ‘natural justice’, seminatural, managed woodland can quickly be turned into a landscape that belongs in a museum, according to Georg Nesselrode. His own woodlands, known as the Eich, are an example of how compulsory conservation is gnawing away at the forester’s heritage.
Georg Nesselrode’s ideal wood looks like this: multi-layered, uneven-aged, mixed.
“The forester wants to shape the future. The conservationist wants to hold on to what’s long gone,” Georg Nesselrode observed regarding the conflicting perceptions of the Eich.
Download the article in English as a PDF. (1,3 MB).
Download the article in German as a PDF. (1,9 MB).