Here you can read about how different companies and forest owners relate to High Conservation Value Forest and Biodiversity in Finland, Sweden and Norway.
The natural pine forests around the lakes Stor-Flaten and Stora Snesen in Leksand, Dalecarlia, Sweden are critically endangered by logging. The loggings has already begun and more than 500 hectares are notified for logging to the Swedish Forest Agency by Bergvik Skog AB which is owned to a majority by Stora-Enso.
2008 was the year when SCA, after many years of criticism from the NGOs of Sweden, was close to loose its FSC-certificate. The company received in the last revision (2007-11-02) a major CAR, the most serious Corrective Action Request a company can get before the FSC-certificate is suspended.
