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.