180 000 petition for IKEA to stop logging old-growth forest As reported earlier this year by both Swedish and German public television and environmental NGO:s, intact primeval forests are being logged by Ikea in Russian Karelia, which has led to an international outrage against the furniture giant. On Friday, Protect the Forest handed over a petition with…
At first glance, the map on the left hand side, which is from the website: protectedforests.com seems to show that almost all forests in Sweden are protected. When you look closer, it is clear that the largest areas up in northwestern Sweden consist of mountainous areas above the treeline, sparsely forested areas close to the…
Lime quarry threatens unique forest The Ojnare forest. Photo: Robert Svensson/Protect the Forest. The Ojnare forest on Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, consists of centuries-old pines growing over the limestone that characterizes the island. It is a unique and varied area that includes many wetlands. But now, the company Nordkalk wants to quarry the land…
Protect the Forest has sent a cross-section of a 400-year-old tree from one of IKEA’s clear-cuts to IKEA’s head office in Sweden, along with a copy of the interview and a list of our demands. Photo: Daniel Rutschman Russian conservation expert confirms the criticism of IKEA’s logging in Russian Karelia The environmental organization Protect…
Russian forest ecologist confirms criticism Questions about the Karelian forests and IKEA/Swedwood Interview with Alexander Markovsky, head of SPOK – the regional nature conservation organization in Karelia. Protect the Forest, Sweden: When IKEA and Swedwood are criticized for their logging of forests with high conservation values in Russian Karelia, they often respond with lies. At…
