The natural forests of the world play a key role in stabilising the climate. Clearcuts and the paper industry cause enormous emissions of greenhouse gases.
Forests are the largest land-based ecosystem in Sweden hosting a rich biodiversity. But forest plants, fungi and animals are all threatened by intensive forestry.
A healthy forest ecosystem is the foundation for humans to thrive as long as it is managed within the local ecosystem boundaries.
Maria Westerberg, also known as Wild Heart (Vildhjärta), is the author, artist and poet who feels urged to carve the forest’s last wish. She finds symbolism in logs and sticks and wants to protest against the forest eaters when they get too greedy. It is time for #treetoo. Maria Westerberg (Wild Heart) will never call the ocean of clearcuts and plantations appearing everywhere in our country for forests.…
Södra Skogsägarna have time and again logged forests with protected species in the county of Småland, Sweden. They have cut down old trees that should have been protected, they log sensitive biotopes and they have bought up timber from nature reserves. They have violated the Species Protection Ordinance, the Forest Protection Act, the Environmental Code…
The International Day of Forests is initiated by the UN to raise awareness about forests and trees. This year’s theme is “Forest and climate change”. Several environmental organizations including Protect the Forest demand that EU’s ministers and leaders make decisions against burning forest for energy. Unfortunately, there is little awareness of protecting forests for the…
The logging company Mellanskog plans to log a spruce and pine forest with the vulnerable fungi Sarcosoma globosum (VU), also known as witches cauldron, at Ångvasslan north of Skattungbyn in the county of Dalarna, Sweden. Several red-listed species and indicator species have been found in the forest. Now the forest group in the Swedish Society…
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in Norra Älvsborg has submitted an appeal to the Swedish Forestry Agency against Sydved’s planned logging of forest with high conservation values at Angertuvan in Risveden, county of Västergötland, Sweden. The forest is the home for the red-listed birds black woodpecker, lesser-spotted woodpecker, goshawk and willow tit, and is…
