The reports contain a detailed description of the areas’ natural values and which species are at risk of being lost if the forests are logged.
Reports, only in Swedish:
Report Fågelsjö here
Report Moskosel here
The participants on both excursions inventoried many areas that turned out to be fantastically beautiful natural forests with a large number of red-listed species. Nearly six thousand finds of a total of about one hundred and fifty conservation species were found during the week. Despite the forests’ irreplaceable natural values, they currently lack protection. Several of the forests surveyed are also facing immediate threats of logging by the forestry companies Sveaskog and Stora Enso, as well as by the municipality of Ljusdal.
In addition to the Reports from the Research Excursion I naturvårdens utmarker 2024 documenting the natural values of the forests visited, the reports constitute an important and revealing examination of the actions of environmentally certified forestry companies and Sweden’s inadequate work with forest protection. Sveaskog and Stora Enso are both FSC-certified, a certification that is supposed to guarantee sustainable forestry, but which has repeatedly proven incapable of handling gross violations.
Research excursion 2023
