Overview
- The Landtag passed the amendment on Thursday with votes from the CDU, BSW and SPD, while The Left abstained and the AfD opposed.
- New income is intended for reforestation, forest maintenance and climate measures as timber revenues drop after drought and bark beetle damage.
- Any wind projects on state forest land will require municipal Bauleitplanung with majority approval in local councils.
- The CDU’s support marks a policy reversal that Mario Voigt tied to a court decision striking down a forest wind ban and to federal targets to designate about 2.2% of land for wind power.
- Protesters gathered outside the Landtag, and the AfD warned of forest damage as its motions to block the plan were rejected.