A small clearing in the Bavarian Forest National Park: fallen trees lie debarked on the ground. Dead wood. Trees sprout in between. At this point in a forest area near Spiegelau, the bark beetle damaged numerous spruce trees in 2023. National Park leader Ursula Schuster shows here how the so harmlessly looking insect was fought – and how nature is now rejuvenating. The occasion is a technical discussion with the Minister of Economics Hubert Aiwa…