{"id":71595,"date":"2026-06-07T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyddaskogen.se\/protect-the-forests-viktor-safve-and-jon-andersson-win-forest-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:35:33","slug":"protect-the-forests-viktor-safve-and-jon-andersson-win-forest-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyddaskogen.se\/en\/protect-the-forests-viktor-safve-and-jon-andersson-win-forest-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect the Forest&#8217;s Viktor S\u00e4fve and Jon Andersson win forest prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a14d6ee2c46a5d9d29f0a3517455c1a8 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Congratulations to Protect the Forest&#8217;s employee Jon Andersson and co-founder Viktor S\u00e4fve who are awarded this year&#8217;s Forest Award from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. They are praised for their work in initiating and developing the web service Skogsmonitor, which in an educational and easily accessible way brings to life the state of the Swedish forest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d52d3e8dd902a8a71c3cbe5ffc24ad4 wp-block-paragraph\">Through the web service Skogsmonitor, which is run by the association Protect the Forest, they have also contributed to the development of new knowledge by mapping forests that may have high biological values. The work has filled important knowledge gaps about the Swedish forest landscape and the map has in a short time become a valuable tool for researchers, authorities and other actors working for more sustainable forestry. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1dcee8cd1d62865103b31b5491641628 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In order to protect the forest, we first need to know where the valuable forests are. With Skogsmonitor, Jon Andersson and Viktor S\u00e4fve have facilitated this. By making the values of the forest visible, they have put knowledge on the map and given all actors in society better conditions to take responsibility for the future of the forest,&#8221; says Beatrice Rindevall, chair of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c052e979214eea7a3f6d25a6bbcf0472 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are very pleased that Sweden&#8217;s largest environmental organization is giving us at Skogsmonitor its forest award. Even though we are both initiators and project managers, it is important to point out that there is an entire team that develops and is behind Skogsmonitor. We want to highlight our fantastic colleagues &#8211; remote analyst Hainner Aparicio, webmaster Karim Osman, and last but not least Mats Troeng, our rock to consultant and map service developer, says Viktor S\u00e4fve  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5158f105e9ea02b6d7601575ccd6ab72 wp-block-paragraph\">Jon Andersson is a GIS expert, conservationist and a PhD in biology. He has extensive experience of forest issues from research, government work and consulting and is currently active in Ume\u00e5. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f572197694059634d06a519504196573 wp-block-paragraph\">Viktor S\u00e4fve is co-founder of Protect the Forest. He works with issues related to forest ecology and forest monitoring, among other things. Today he lives in N\u00e4rke where he and his family run a forest farm.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8844d8e32a42439b1cc45e9a13c4b47f wp-block-paragraph\">Through their work within the association Protect the Forest, they have together developed Skogsmonitor and contributed to making forests with high conservation values visible in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20b304678f1eaddc5f945502a2aafa3f wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation&#8217;s Forest Prize is awarded to draw attention to efforts that contribute to more sustainable forestry, strengthen biodiversity and highlight the forest&#8217;s social values.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa1518ef1aee19d830a258a53b2732dc wp-block-paragraph\">Skogsmonitor is further developed, administered and financed, through project funds from the Postcode Lottery Foundation and private donations.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8306f06c5f1440107210b0e976510ef6 wp-block-paragraph\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/postkodlotteriets_stiftelse\/#\"><strong>postkodlotteriets_stiftelse<\/strong><\/a><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturskyddsforeningen\/\">@naturskyddsforeningen <\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Protect the Forest&#8217;s employee Jon Andersson and co-founder Viktor S\u00e4fve who are awarded this year&#8217;s Forest Award from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. 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