The #Harz which is one out of just 16 National Parks in Germany, is under attack. Since 2018, a bark beetle infestation is killing hundreds of hectare of spruce trees which have been planted there to counteract the huge wood demands of the mining industry from the past 3000 years. The spruce tree, which isn't even native to the Harz National Park, is the perfect snack for the #Barkbeetle which can reproduce explosively if the conditions are right, and today, 4 years after the start of the infestation, over 40% of the forest is dead. The Harz National Park authority came up with a plan where Nature will be let nature, meaning that the national park will be left untouched by humans for the rest of time, and mother nature will be made responsible for recreating the primeval forest of Central Europe once again.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:35 The Harz in history
3:17 The Harz today
5:44 The future of the Harz

Music:
Earth Appears - Brian Bolgar
Rain Fuse - French Fuse
Sonora - Quincas Moreira
A Fool's Theme - Brian Bolgar
The End - Coyote Hearing
Antimatter - The Westerlies
Snowfall Butterflies - Asher Fulero