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.
Welcome to the conference website for Northern Primeval Forests We invite you to the city of Sundsvall, Sweden in August 2010 to take part in the scientific conference – Northern Primeval forests: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Sizeable areas of the Northern hemispheres’ forests remain unmanaged by man. These primeval forests not only harbour unique conservation…
Along with ForestEthics and other foundation-dependent primary forest logging apologists, Greenpeace negotiates weak agreement that legitimizes continued old growth forest logging in exchange for vague promises of possible future protections. Old forest greenwashing must end. Read more here.
170 million acres covered in largest deal of its kind OTTAWA – Most of Canada’s largest forestry companies announced a groundbreaking deal with environmental groups Tuesday that will restrict logging in the country’s vast northern forests. The agreement covers 170 million acres — an area nearly twice the size of Germany — and ends years…
REAFFIRMING COMMITMENT: “This partnership is a further sign of our strong commitment to ending deforestation of rainforests” José Lopez, Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A. at the Nestlé open forum on deforestation in Kuala Lumpur. José Lopez, Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., today announced in Malaysia Nestlé’s partnership with TFT (The Forest Trust), reaffirming Nestlé’s commitment…
The local government commissioner in Arjeplog, a small town in the north of Sweden, stated that he would like to know what visitors think about Arjeplog. I decided to write about a topic that troubles me. What catched my eye is the unbalanced ratio of older woods in comparison to the logged areas, plantations and…
