To sustainably manage Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), forest owners and administrators use ArcGIS to study forest conditions and surrounding infrastructure. GIS helps them identify areas that are most suitable for industrial timber production and make informed decisions for sustainable forest management. NRW has approximately 900,000 hectares of private and municipal forestland next to a high-density population (18 million people). To support the region’s forestland owners, Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW (LWH) provides comprehensive maps about the conditions and infrastructure related to forestry property. The staff uses GIS to describe its forest management recommendations. Read More
