Criticism of the Forest Proposal: "Almost Impossible"

The Green Party is deeply critical of several proposals presented by the government's investigator on how to harvest forests in Sweden. It complicates sustainable forestry and is "out of touch with reality", according to spokesperson Amanda Lind. It is not reasonable.

» Published: December 19 2024

Criticism of the Forest Proposal: "Almost Impossible"
Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

The party is also criticizing that forest owners will be able to start felling trees ten days after a notification to the Forest Agency, compared to six weeks today.

It has the effect of making it almost impossible for authorities and the public to monitor compliance with the law when felling trees, says Amanda Lind to TT.

She says that the Forest Agency does not even have the opportunity or resources to conduct sufficient supervision or relevant assessment today.

That they will be able to do so if these proposals become reality is completely unrealistic.

"A Sigh of Relief"

The Green Party is also critical of the investigator's proposal that it will no longer be possible to appeal a notification of felling if the Forest Agency has not acted on it.

This dramatically increases the risk that valuable nature and forests will be cut down, and makes it more difficult for both authorities and the public to react.

Amanda Lind, however, notes as a positive surprise that there are no proposals for easing felling restrictions on mountainous forests.

The criticism has been massive. We breathe a sigh of relief that it is not included in today's proposals.

C: Higher Compensation

The Center Party is generally positive about most of the proposals in the investigation. However, they believe that the proposals do not go far enough regarding a proposed compensation to the landowner of 125 percent of the market value if the forest cannot be felled due to nature conservation.

"It is not enough to guarantee the right to compensation, but it must be increased to 150 percent in the event of permanent encroachment", writes Helena Lindahl (C), rural policy spokesperson, to TT.

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