Swedish Forest Agency

    • More forest land under forest management certification schemes and voluntary set-aside areas

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 1 October, 2019 - 13:50
      Etiketter: Forestry
      Productive forest land under forest management certification scheme was 14.8 million hectares in 2018, which represents an increase of 3 percent since 2016. At the same time, forest owners' voluntary set-asides amounted to 1.2 million hectares during the same year, which is also an increase of 3 percent during the same period. These results are presented in a new statistical product that the Swedish Forest Agency will from now on publish annually. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Storms and strong economic growth increase the notified area of final felling

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 17 September, 2019 - 10:47
      Etiketter: Forestry
      The notified area of final felling increased by 18 per cent in February compared with the corresponding month in 2018. Therefore, the trend of increased notifications continues, according to the Swedish Forest Agency's statistics. It is the highest monthly recorded data for the whole country in for February month in the last 12 years. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Large timber stocks

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 3 September, 2019 - 10:33
      Etiketter: Forestry
      According to the Swedish Forest Agency’s stock survey, the total stocks of coniferous sawlogs, pulpwood and pulp chips was 10.1 million cubic metres on June 30 this year. That is 36 per cent higher than in the same period last year. The stocks of pine and softwood pulp wood was 4.1 million cubic metres which is the highest levels since 2005. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Sawlog prices continues to decrease

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 20 August, 2019 - 11:19
      Etiketter: Forestry
      Sawlog prices decreased by 2.8 percent during the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2019. At the same time, pulpwood prices were relatively unchanged. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Notified final felling area increases after slump in June

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 13 August, 2019 - 15:57
      Etiketter: Forestry
      After a slump in notifications in June the forest owners’ engagement for final felling increased considerably in July. That is shown by monthly statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. The area notified for final felling in July was the highest in 9 years. One reason for the increase could be higher activity in forest operations due to infestation of bark beetle which leads forest owners to notify for final felling to clear damaged forests despite it being the main summer holiday month. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Snow and drought led to higher felling costs in 2018

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 2 July, 2019 - 13:41
      Etiketter: Forestry
      The cost of felling in large scale forestry increased in 2018, according to recent statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. Large amounts of snow in the north and dry summer weather both contributed to higher costs for regeneration felling and thinning. / The Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Bark beetle infestation increases notification of final felling

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 11 June, 2019 - 13:16
      Etiketter: Forestry
      The notified area of final felling increased by 17 per cent in the region South of Sweden during May compared with the corresponding month in 2018. In some counties has is it doubled. That is shown by monthly statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. One reason for the increase is the infestation of bark beetle which leads forest owners to notify for final felling to clear damaged forests. On national level there is only small alterations compared with May 2018. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Notification of final felling continues to increase

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 14 May, 2019 - 16:37
      Etiketter: Forestry
      The notified area of final felling increased by 13 per cent in April compared with the corresponding month in 2018. Therefore, the trend of increased notifications continues, according to the Swedish Forest Agency's statistics. One reason is attacks of bark beetle. It is the highest monthly recorded data in 4 years for the whole country in April and the second highest in last 12 years. / The Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Large increase in timber stocks

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 7 May, 2019 - 11:20
      Etiketter: Forestry
      According to the Swedish Forest Agency’s stock survey, the total stocks of coniferous sawlogs, pulpwood and pulp chips was 10.1 million cubic metres on March 31 this year. That is 36 per cent higher than in the same period last year and the highest volume since beginning of 2015. The stocks of pine and softwood pulp wood was all twice as large. / Swedish Forest Agency
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    • Large attacks by bark beetle and storms increase the notified area of final felling

      Publicerad: Wednesday, 17 April, 2019 - 11:57
      Etiketter: Forestry
      The notified area of final felling increased by 16 percent in March compared with the corresponding month in 2018. Therefore, the trend of increased notifications continues, according to the Swedish Forest Agency's statistics. It is the second highest monthly recorded data for the whole country in for March month in the last 12 years. / Swedish Forest Agency
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