Members of Protect the Forest have once again visited Ryssbergen in Nacka municipality to show their support for the threatened forest there. The forest has pines that are over 300 years old and many red-listed species but despite this are parts of the forest still planned to be demolished. “Like demolishing houses in the Old Town and putting high-rise buildings there,” according to the group Rädda Ryssbergen.
The municipality plans to build 500 flats at Ryssbergen, one of Stockholm’s most unsuitable places. The area slopes steeply down towards Svindersviken, part of the Baltic Sea. On “Save Ryssbergen”’s website you can read that there is swamp forest, deciduous forest, pine forest and fire fields in the area.
The planned development area consists mostly of forests with nature value classes 1 and 2, according to SIS standard SS 199000:2014. Nature value class 2 corresponds to the concept of a key forest biotope.
Nacka Municipality is planning to establish a nature reserve in the northern part of the forest but the Nacka Society for Nature Conservation and the group “Save Ryssbergen” would like the entire forest to become a nature reserve. Protect the Forest supports this idea. During the autumn, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation appealed the building plans to the highest court.
Inventories have found 28 threatened species in the area, of which 11 species are red-listed, according to a nature value inventory from 2016. Since the fire in June 2018, biodiversity has increased. Ryssbergen is often compared to Tyresta National Park as the area has similar natural values.
“Like demolishing houses in the Old Town”
On Save Ryssbergen’s website you can also read: “It must be remembered that Ryssbergen is one of the Stockholm’s most valuable natural areas in terms of biodiversity. If one is to draw parallels with cultural-historical values, the planned developments in Ryssbergen can be compared to demolishing a quarter of the Old Town to build high-rise buildings.”
The County Administrative Board of Stockholm County has been critical of the construction plans and believes that the entire area should be included in a future nature reserve.
Nacka Municipality is planning to establish a nature reserve in the northern part of the forest but the Nacka Society for Nature Conservation and the group “Save Ryssbergen” would like the entire forest to become a nature reserve. Protect the Forest supports this idea. During the autumn, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation appealed the building plans to the highest court.
Inventories have found 28 threatened species in the area, of which 11 species are red-listed, according to a nature value inventory from 2016. Since the fire in June 2018, biodiversity has increased. Ryssbergen is often compared to Tyresta National Park as the area has similar natural values.
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