According to media reports, Saxony's CDU is planning to push for a nationwide ban on deforestation for the construction of solar power plants. Saxony's Christian Socialists are planning a corresponding motion at the CDU party conference in Stuttgart at the end of February, Saxony's Environment Minister Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch told the "Sächsische Zeitung" and the "Leipziger Volkszeitung".
According to Breitenbuch's ministry, the clearing of six forest areas in Saxony for permanent use for solar power generation has been approved by the responsible forestry authorities in recent years. This was revealed in an answer from the Saxon Ministry of the Environment to a small question from CDU member of state parliament Andreas Heinz in August last year. The permits relate to a forest area of around 35 hectares.
