The advisory report ' Planting for the time to come ' ease up a clear-cut perceptivity into the handiness of seeds and plants for the Forestry Strategy . The report also mention the opportunities and chokepoint for tree baby’s room , tell Arno Engels on behalf of the LTO branch group Trees and Perennials in a content following the reputation .

The reputation , which was drawn up by the Working Group on Gene Sources and Plant Material , was officially present at a digital group meeting to the commissioning political party : the Ministry of Agriculture , Nature and Food Quality and the province . The working group comprise of expert from the works chain . André Wijnstra , chairman of the LTO Culture Group Forest and Hedging Plants , participate as a voice of tree baby’s room .

An calculate 161 million trees and shrub will be needed up to 2030 . This requires , among other things , long - term agreements with growers and guarantee for their sales agreement . Wijnstra underlined this during the presentation . " Before we start investing in seeds , we would like to get some kind of guarantee . We do not need to have sold every oak tree before the acorn goes into the ground , but we do ask to know that the request volumes are being purchased . "

Important constriction : cum availabilityGrowers are still cautious about the plans in the Forestry Strategy , according to the account , which has to do with politics plans in the past . Back then , many plants were also demand , but they were scarce taken up after a three- to four - yr cultivation period . " We are , therefore , in a vacuum now , " said Wijnstra , " but I am convinced that , with the advice from the report and with the seed craft , we will succeed in bring in the plans from the Forest Strategy . "

A major chokepoint is seed availability . The next seed essential for the Forest Strategy were inventoried by the LTO Culture Group , Treeport Zundert , and the BoHeZa trading group . " We have known for years that there were bottlenecks with various metal money , and these have now become clear with figures , " Wijnstra tell apart the presentation of the report . " This autumn , there are shortages again . Nature settle . "

To cover seed deficit in the future , new seed sources are necessitate . The authorities is needed for this . " investment in new root can not do from the private sector , " Wijnstra say . They are tenacious - terminal figure investing in land and materials . " It takes 15 - 20 years before a ejaculate orchard of tree seeds occur into production . "

LNV : handiness of material is decisiveDuring the meeting , Hank Bartelink , president of the working group , handed over the report to Donné Slangen ( acting Director - General of Nature , Fisheries and Rural Areas , Ministry of LNV ) and Hagar Roijackers ( provincial executive for North Brabant and portfolio holder for Forestry Strategy in the Vitaal Platteland advisory committee ) .

" It ’s about large numbers of trees and shrubs , " said Slangen , " and it ’s also about quality . have all the material available is crucial for the Forestry Strategy . " Roijackers : " The cooperation with growers is a profits - win situation . "

The complete account ' Planting for the future ' ( NL ) can be find here .