New research by Swedish national broadcaster SVT highlights how Sweden’s forestry sector has been accused of devastating large areas of forest.
The research reveals how thinned forests in Sweden have been incorrectly recorded as being felled, and that the models used for satellite data are not applicable to the Nordic region.
In the report, SVT interviews Jonas Fridman, forestry expert at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He believes that the satellite data are incorrect and that the amount of forest land in Sweden has not decreased at all. Fridman explains that although harvesting has increased, this is due to Sweden now having more forest per hectare and consumers demanding more wood. He underlines that today Sweden has twice as much forest volume as 100 years ago.
