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.
– 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…
Photo: Olli Manninen/Protect the Forest The organization Protect the Forest welcomes the extensive report released today by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), Sweden’s oldest and largest environmental organization. The report is titled “Under the Cover of the Swedish Forestry Model” and looks deep into the myth about the “environmentally friendly forest products”…
An acute threat lies over the subalpine primeval forest in Änok – one of the country’s most beautiful river deltas. The Änok delta is a magnificent primeval forest landscape, unique on its own but also valuable as a part of a vast and intact wilderness. In Änok, the nature reserve Pärlälvens montane virgin forest…
Protect the Forest & Friends of the Earth Sweden – Press release – February 23rd, 2011 The Swedish Forest Agency has recently granted permission to log pristine subalpine forest in a vast roadless wilderness. Protect the Forest and Friends of the Earth Sweden now condemn the Swedish forest policy and the Swedish forestry model. The two…
The Janus face of SCA In ancient Rome they worshipped the god Janus, who had two faces. This expressed the double nature of the deity. Through the years I have experienced the same phenomenon with SCA. Their management has an intentional double nature, a Janus face. One face is turned outward, to the…
