Climate change poses challenges for our forests, but also for our forest management. Dr. Ruth Dirsch (Vice President of the Bavarian State Institute for Forestry and Forestry) explains what climate models tell us for individual tree species. The director of the Bavarian State Forests, Rudolf Plochmann, describes the management of the state forest in view of the climatic challenges and Dr. Joachim Hamber-ger (Head of the Bavarian Office for Forest Genetics) presents the use of alternative tree species.