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.
Sveaskog’s newly made road through natural forest in the reindeer grazing land of Maskaure Sami village. Photo: Björn Mildh. The state-owned and FSC-certified forest company Sveaskog has built a road through the natural forest at Gijmiesgielas in the reindeer grazing land of Maskaure Sami village in Arjeplog’s municipality. The forest has high conservation values and…
Forest landscape in Transylvania. Photo: Bergadder (Pixabay, CCO Commons) Following the killings of the two forest rangers Liviu Pop and Raducu Gorcioaia, who were out investigating illegal logging, Protect the Forest and 45 other NGOs wrote to Romania’s Presidency and incoming Government. The NGOs call on them to publicly condemn the recent killings of the…
The conference, which is organised by Wild Europe, comes at a critical moment with opportunity to influence policy on old growth forest & wilderness habitats in Europe. Date And Time: Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 8:00 AM – Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 6:00 PM CET Location: Hotel Tatra, 5 Námestie 1. mája, 811 06 Staré Mesto, Slovakia The conference deals with…
A tree stump in the forest at Biellovare. It indicates that a fire has been in the forest a long time ago. Photo: Björn Mildh. The FSC-certified and state-owned company Sveaskog continues to plan loggings in old-growth forests which are important reindeer grazing lands of the Maskaure Sami village in Arjeplog’s municipality. Sveaskog will not…
These forests are my home. Only here I can hear the voices of my ancestors. If someone started destroying your house, noone would question you from stopping it. Photo: Andris Fågelviskare This text is written by Andris Fågelviskare: There is noise in the forest today. Branches cracking as something massive moves through what used to…
