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…
Press release from Protect the Forest and Nature and Youth Sweden 2012-04-29 Large protest in eight Swedish IKEA stores Yesterday, on Saturday the 28th, the environmental organizations Protect the Forest and Nature and Youth Sweden protested at eight different IKEA stores around Sweden. The customers were told about IKEA’s logging of old-growth forest in Russia…
Threat against 1,3 million hectares in Russian Karelia Old-growth forest in Russian Karelia. September 2011. Photo: Robert Svensson The government of the Russian republic of Karelia has recently proposed to cancel the previous agreement for protection of high conservation value forests. The proposed changes in the land use plan would threaten more than…
200-600 year old trees stacked at a clear-cutt of a primeval forest in northern Karelia 2011 – Photo: Protect the Forest Massive Cutbacks in Karelia’s Nature Conservation Policy Would Threaten Europe’s Natural Heritage Some of the most important landscapes of Europe’s high-conservation value forests are located in the Russian republic of Karelia, where vast, intact areas…
“Genetically Engineered Trees Risky, Unnecessary and Must Be Resisted Until Banned. “Eucalyptus is the perfect neoliberal tree. It grows quickly, turns a quick profit in the global market and destroys the earth.” Jaime Aviles, La Jornada” Take action here
