Today, members from Skydda Skogen were in Trolldalen on the Sickla peninsula in Nacka municipality to show their support for those who are trying to save the threatened Trolldalen forest. Half the forest will be removed for housing- despite high natural values, both red-listed and protected species and many old trees. A better solution is to cover the nearby traffic route Värmdöleden and build houses on top of it, or move the traffic into a tunnel, according to the network “Rädda Trolldalen”, (Save Trolldalen).
The forest is situated between a motorway, roads and buildings. That alone makes us wonder why Nacka municipality wants to build here, in this small green patch that slopes steeply down towards Svindersviken, a bay in the Baltic Sea. “Nacka municipality wants to devastate roughly 17.7 hectars of forest on the western part of Sickla Island including Trolldalen until 2030/40. The disappearance of around 8,000 – 9,000 trees will have impact on environment and climate”. So says Konstantin Irina, who fights for the various forests in western Nacka and writes about them on his website.
About 50 conservation species in the forest
Althought the forest is near both the city and very busy routes, about 50 conservation species have been found there, i.e. protected, red-listed or signal species. Three inventories that have taken place show high nature values with red-listed species such as rare species of wood-fungi, birds and a red-listed bat. The forest is also an important dispersal corridor for biodiversity as it is not far from other green areas such as Djurgården, Ryssbergen and the Nacka nature-reserve. Futhermore, forests such as this one are important to preserve for the climate. Sweden already removes enormous amounts of C02 out of the forest ecosystems into the atmosphere.
Trolldalen is important for recreation and public health in the neighbourhood, Konstantinos Irina writes on his website about western Sickla, Nacka municipality: “Trolldalen is the largest natural area within walking distance not only for the approximatly 8,500 people who live in Danviken ( Saltsjöqvarn, Henriksborg, Danvikstrand), Henriksdalsberget, Finnberget, Kvarnholmen and Finnboda, but also for eastern Södermalm, Danviksklippan and Henriksdalshamnen.
Article about the endangered nearby forest Ryssbergen that we visited last Friday: Protect the forest at Ryssbergen, supports the fight for the forest