The monoculture pine plantation in Kachung. Native species are cleared to make way for large tracts of single species pine and eucalypt. Photo: Kristen Lyons. Yesterday, Oakland Institute sent a letter together with Protect the Forest, Climate Action Sweden, Friends of the Earth Sweden, Nature and Youth Norway, Timberwatch South Africa and Justica Ambiental…
A segment from the German documentary ‘Who is protecting out forests?’. The Forest Stewardship Council is the international organisation which sets standards on timber products to make sure that the world’s forests are managed responsibly. But does the organisation really protect the biodiversity of our forests? Valuable tropical forest is logged in Congo and the…
Professor Ilkka Hanski. Foto: Heikki Färm Professor, ecologist and evolutionary biologist Ilkka Hanski passed away in May 2016. In his last lecture, videoed at his home in February, he recaps in 45 minutes the current biodiversity situation and the research done in that field. For more information about biodiversity loss, please read Hanski’s book ‘Messages…
We are at EuroPride Stockholm 2018 Join us for celebrating Love and Diversity at EuroPride in Stockholm, 4th of august! Last year we were happy and proud to walk together with Greenpeace and we hope to do this again this year. Come with! Email: linda.spjut@skyddaskogen.se
Karin Edstedt, member of Afrikagrupperna (African Groups of Sweden), has studied the consequences of the Norwegian company Green Resources plantation activities in Uganda. She wrote two blog posts about this on Afrikagrupperna’s website in April 2018 (only in Swedish). Green Resources reacted on the blog posts and wrote a letter to Afrikagrupperna. Karin Edstedt has written a reply…
