Sweden’s supposedly green forestry practices “unsustainable”
Freelance photojournalist Erik Hoffner reports:
Sweden has a reputation as being one of the world’s most environmentally progressive nations. But its surprisingly lax forestry laws often leave decisions about logging to the timber companies — and as a result, large swaths of biologically-rich boreal forest are being lost.
Posted on December 5, 2011, in Biodiversity, Fungi and lichens, Logging and tagged Forest Stewardship Council, green certification, Sweden. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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