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.
100+ NGOs launch #Together4Forests urging EU action. Fires raging in the Amazon are started deliberately to make way for large-scale industrial agriculture – and EU market demand for commodities produced on former-forest land is adding fuel to the fires. Globally, the EU is responsible for over 10% of forest destruction through its consumption of commodities…
Karatj-Råvvåive in northern Sweden from above. Photo: Mose Agestam. Subalpine old-growth forest in Karatj-Råvvåive in northern Sweden, which previously was meant to become a nature reserve, is now at risk of being logged. Authorities are investigating the possibility to establish a so-called eco-park instead of giving the area formal and long-term protection. The organization Protect…
Karatj-Råvvåive, photo: Mose Agestam Near the mountains in Jokkmokk municipality, bordering on the Pärlälven nature reserve with subalpine old-growth forest, north of the Karats lake, lies Karatj-Råvvåive. For more than ten years, people have been trying to protect this large old-growth forest, covering more than 100 square kilometers. The forest is valuable for many reasons:…
Piles of logged wood from a felled forest in Estonia. Photo: Karl Adami. The environmental NGO Estonian Forest Aid is critical against the forest company Stora Enso’s forest logging in Estonia. In a letter, they urge Stora Enso to shift to contemporary forest management practices in accordance to biodiversity and climate goals which also show consideration to birds’…
Old dead tree in Maskaure Sami village. Photo: Björn Mildh. Kristina Bäck from Protect the Forest is the author of the following blog article which has been published on Global Forest Coalition’s website. Blog article: Indigenous Sami under threat from logging in Sweden Sweden’s state-owned forestry company Sveaskog have announced that they will sell another…
