Sustain­able Biodi­ver­sity – Effects of Using more wood in construction

By Søren Dietz 

In 2020, Denmark decided to create 75,000 hectares of new forest. Biomass will
be needed for district heat­ing in the future, as approx­i­mately two-thirds of Denmark’s district heat­ing is currently supplied by biomass from forests. The construction indus­try is increas­ingly switch­ing to bio-based build­ing mate­ri­als. At
the same time, nature in Denmark is under enor­mous pres­sure: over half of the
species are extinct or threatened.