In Sweden, a lot of natural forest is disappearing for planting. Industrial forestry is our business, says Sweden. But it is still on the agenda at the Green Deal consultation in Brussels tomorrow.
Primeval forests as far as the eye can see, that is the image of Sweden. Symbol for a country that lives in harmony with nature. In reality, the majority of Swedish forests are planted, the product of an extreme form of industrial forestry. A lucrative approach that threatens to become an obstacle for European climate and energy policy, which is on the agenda in Brussels tomorrow as part of the Green Deal.
The method is known as 'the Swedish forestry model'. Natural forests are cut down, plowed, drained and replaced by tree plantations, monocultures that provide maximum wood production in a cycle of sixty to eighty years.
