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FSC fails to protect nature in Sweden

FSC fails to protect nature in Sweden

→  December 21, 2009 0

Even though the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has revealed several major offenses against the swedish FSC-standard in the forestry praticed by SCA the company is now only given som minor Corrective Action requirements by the certifying body SGS.

Karats-Råvvåive wilderness area

Karats-Råvvåive wilderness area

→  November 13, 2009 0

Karats-Råvvoive is a huge unprotected sub-alpine wilderness area in the municipality of Jokkmokk, Sweden. The area contains pristine forest, bare mountains, moor with old-growth pine forests, huge mires and large waters. The northern parts of Karats-Råvvoive is about 30 square kilometers in size. There, on the mountains Råvvoive and Kuossavaratj, is an area of around 5 square kilometer with virgin forest.