The documentary BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal? (2019) shows how the burning of wood at an industrial scale for energy accelerates the destruction of forests for fuel, and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant greenwashing of the burgeoning biomass power industry. Bioenergy is generally considered as carbon neutral and is therefore subsidized by…
This is a introduction to a series of programs about boreal and temperate food forests and their stewards, about biodiversity and climate adaptation. A forest garden is a food-producing ecosystem, usually dominated by perennial plants with edible parts. It is a layered system with everything from high and low fruit and nut trees, to shrubs…
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…
– From natural forests to industrial landscapes Introduction In an international context, Sweden has an undeservedly good reputation for sustainable forestry. Countries buying wood and paper products from Sweden have been misled by different environmental certification guarantees. The concept of replanting forests after logging operations, which is the case for Sweden, has been associated…
Update 2016-07-24: The organization has recently published a special website on the topic of forest and climate. Go there to learn more. Background The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are rising continuously. Global temperatures also have a rising tendency. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the amount of carbon dioxide in…
