Forest function Immission protection forest

Immission protection forest reduces harmful or harassing effects, such as noise, dust, aerosols, gases and rays. It thus protects residential, work and recreation areas, agricultural and forestry land as well as other vulnerable objects from adverse effects of these immissions. Immission protection forest improves the air quality of an area by absorbing air pollution. Finally, forest reduces traffic and industrial noise much more than treeless areas. Local immission protection forest is defined by its location between an issuer and an area to be protected. Regional immission protection forest is characterised by large-scale immissions that cannot be attributed to any specific issuer.