It is certainly true that it is hard to find any forest in Germany which is as untouched as untouched rain forest in South America. But somehow Germany manages

It is certainly true that it is hard to find any forest in Germany which is as untouched as untouched rain forest in South America. But somehow Germany manages now for centuries to use the forest for business and to retain a more or less constant amount of forest at the same time. I am not saying Germany couldn't do better, certainly it could. But I see the forest usage in Germany as quite good. Around the city where I live, the forest is owned by something like a trust fund to the benefit of the citizen of the city. That exists since the 14th century in or another form. This forest is certainly not untouched but its owners are interested in its long-term development.