Clearcutting in North of Bodberget in Sweden

Aerial view of clearcut north of Bodberget, near the town of Bräcke, Jämtland County, Sweden.

This area has been clearcut, despite being located in a High Value Forest Landscape, which means the area has been identified by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as having particularly high ecological preservation values.

The area was logged at the time of the field visit. At the edges of the area indicator species were identified, of which some has the ‘near threatened’ status on the Red List of Swedish Species.

Unique identifier: GP0STR3U9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/07/2017

Locations: Europe, Jamtland County, Nordic Countries, Sweden

Credit line: © Jari Stahl / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Forest Documentation North of Bodberget in Sweden

Greenpeace is conducting forest inventories and documenting forestry activities in the forest north of Bodberget in Jämtland which is located in the Swedish part of the Great Northern Forest.

This area has been clearcut, despite being located in a High Value Forest Landscape, which means the area has been identified by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as having particularly high ecological preservation values.

The area was logged at the time of the field visit. At the edges of the area indicator species were identified, of which some has the ‘near threatened’ status on the Red List of Swedish Species.

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