Världens naturskogar spelar en nyckelroll för klimatet. Kalhyggen och pappersindustri är stora klimatbovar.
Skogen är artrik och det största landbaserade ekosystemet i Sverige. Men den mångfalden av växter, svampar och djur är hotad.
En levande skog är grunden för en myriad av möjligheter till mångbruk om den förvaltas inom ekosystemens gränser.
Karatj-Råvvåive in northern Sweden from above. Photo: Mose Agestam. Subalpine old-growth forest in Karatj-Råvvåive in northern Sweden, which previously was meant to become a nature reserve, is now at risk of being logged. Authorities are investigating the possibility to establish a so-called eco-park instead of giving the area formal and long-term protection. The organization Protect…
Karatj-Råvvåive, photo: Mose Agestam Near the mountains in Jokkmokk municipality, bordering on the Pärlälven nature reserve with subalpine old-growth forest, north of the Karats lake, lies Karatj-Råvvåive. For more than ten years, people have been trying to protect this large old-growth forest, covering more than 100 square kilometers. The forest is valuable for many reasons:…
Piles of logged wood from a felled forest in Estonia. Photo: Karl Adami. The environmental NGO Estonian Forest Aid is critical against the forest company Stora Enso’s forest logging in Estonia. In a letter, they urge Stora Enso to shift to contemporary forest management practices in accordance to biodiversity and climate goals which also show consideration to birds’…
Old dead tree in Maskaure Sami village. Photo: Björn Mildh. Kristina Bäck from Protect the Forest is the author of the following blog article which has been published on Global Forest Coalition’s website. Blog article: Indigenous Sami under threat from logging in Sweden Sweden’s state-owned forestry company Sveaskog have announced that they will sell another…
Protecting forests is essential to safeguard biodiversity and mitigate climate change, writes Protect the Forest in its feedback on EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan. Protect the Forest has given feedback on EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan. Read the full feedback from Protect the Forest here: There is a climate and biodiversity crisis in the world, and…
