Sustainable Forestry - the Swedish model.mov

The film explains how the Swedish forestry is governed to be sustainable. Copyright: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

[@lassel1344]

How can people believe that clear-cutting is sustainable? Everything that lives in symbiosis with the trees dies with the clear-cutting. Unfortunately, insects and small animals disappear, it becomes like in our fields a monoculture that slowly kills ourselves when everything else disappears. I am from Sweden and have seen what it is like when you grow trees, spruce mostly in southern Sweden. It's like a half-dead forest.

[@gregorwachter6804]

I totally agree. As a swede, can you recommend any cooperation/association which performs sustainable single tree removal? Asking because I want to make an internship in the swedish forestry

[@lassel1344]

@@gregorwachter6804 Unfortunately, I do not work with forest. I have been a bit interested in forest and nature because I have friends who run small-scale forestry that does not involve doing as in the video above. They plant mixed forests and fell a little at a time. Their forest also becomes more fire-resistant and durable and not least pleasant to stay in. I think you can google yourself at least as well. Use Google translate. Hope you find something.

[@erikpihl7303]

What they aren't telling you is that Sweden is NOT living up to neither national nor international goals for protection of biodiversity. The most valuable forests, old natural forests that are the only places many species can live, are currently being lost at a rate of 1% per year. Massive clear-cuts make the forest landscape ugly (look at any satellite image of Swedish countryside) and very few species can live in the single-species, single-age forests that grow up. Due to misguided programs for planting pine, southern Sweden has several hundred per cent more pine than it did before industrial forestry. These pine forests are now being attacked by bark beetles, due to the monoculture farming and aided by climate change. Invasive species like contorta pine, home to even fewer other species than native pine, have been introduced to increase productivity.

[@mverstaen]

you clearly did not watch the entire video.

[@andyroubik5760]

@@DragonsFan. the walls would prevent what little Wildlife is left from migrating Etc.

[@GrahamRowanWealth]

Forestry is one of those few areas where investors can make great returns while helping the planet. I've been investing in hardwood forestry in Costa Rica and its interesting to see how important forestry is to Sweden's economy and the focus on sustainability.

[@sebastiankirppu5723]

Well, the truth is that not many countries in the world has destroyed their own forest ecosystem as hard as Sweden and Finland since the 1940´s. There is just about 10% left of the Swedish natural old growth forests due to the modern forestry model which still continues harvesting the last remains which is not being protected as nature reserves or national parks. Even if the forest industry has been a great thing for the Swedish economy it can not be called sustainable when more than 2000 species dependent on old growth forests and its ecosystem are endangered in Sweden. Economy and ecology has to connect better. Today it is just all about economy but the forest industry use their enormous amount of money marketing themselves as sustainable which is not the truth when it comes to monitoring the biology of the forests in Sweden. There is much work to do before we can call the Swedish forestry model sustainable. At first we should listen to what science say about the amount of productive forestland that should be protected from forestry to fullfill our national environmental objectives and international commitments. This is at least 20%. Then we need a forest act that consider the biodiversity in the managed forest landscape. Until then there is no possibility ta call the Swedish forestry model for being sustainable.

[@muneerdeen6390]

+Sebastian Kirppu Hi, I agree with you. i am submitting an assignment regarding forestry management. i hope you can give me some references where i can grasp knowledge of the disadvantages of models such swedish model or any other. Thanks.

[@kithkin01]

+Sebastian Kirppu thanks

[@sebastiankirppu5723]

+Muneer Deen send me an e-mail Muneer Deen or contact me on facebook.

[@superspykedamian]

+Sebastian Kirppu hi

[@PondokKlene77]

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[@mikaelmikael496]

A very interesting and eyes opening film. I would like to get more information.

[@michaellnstrm1513]

You have to remember to tell the public, that you have cut down and destroyed all your old natural growth forests with clear cutting.

[@draug7966]

They always conveniently forget that!

[@temitopeojo9431]

Well, the model is very useful for any topnotch sustainable forest management practices. However, there is a need to always improve the model possibly every year since it is targeted at sustainability. This will allow for check and balances. Well done, Sweden.

[@aodhfinn]

Question ...what percentage of the tree cover in Sweden is ' monocrop now , and what percentage of the tree cover is native to Sweden ? Any correct info appreciated .

[@wikingkjellson6857]

10% is old growth native

[@CARambolagen]

More of Everything - The film the Swedish forest industry doesn't want you to see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2aUd4CYibShlbM

[@LaSnapable]

$$$ before 🌱🌱, right?

[@edhuber3557]

10:24 Demonstration of uneven growth, natural thinning with follicular diversity. At such end-cycle, sometimes a clear-cut is warranted.

[@Jona_Villa]

Top 👍🏻

[@verenagriess7659]

Awesome video! great introduction for people interested in forest management. I would be interested in which software you used for the map that shows forest succession (around minute 3 in the video)?

[@oliverllobet4267]

More Of Everything - A film about Swedish forestry

[@oliverllobet4267]

Obviously this film is made from the wood industry.... Check out the true reality of the Swedish sistem..... More Of Everything - A film about Swedish forestry

[@HoegiTree]

As a Korean student from SLU, I think the Swedish Forestry is well developed although it is still controversial among Swedes.

[@Skogen594]

Please watch More Of Everything. !!!!! . A Film about Swedish Forest Industry.

[@l0nghaul362]

is it easy to obtain forest land in Sweden? because after I graduate(I'm learning Swedish right now)im gonna move to sweden and hope to buy and take care of my own forest.

[@sallamdaniyal7871]

Hey em aslo student of forestry can I join you to manage forest

[@bullskitter]

Have you graduated? Have you purchased forest yet?

[@emilmuhrman]

Yes it is and it costs around 100 000 SEK per hectare (in the south).

[@edhuber3557]

How about now? Have you graduated & purchased your forest? We see you icon; can a megazord be converted for forest management?

[@jules81890]

hey hows ur life going?

[@nikkojones6530]

Samwill, I meant

[@DragonsFan.]

More of everything protect Sweden.

[@caileytang2246]

so. forest farming. good job humans.

[@warshipsatin8764]

if this is sarcasm then youre genuinely a stupid person

[@ec6052]

I search for Swedish model and this is what you give me? Fine...

[@kalleleman]

This is a load of croc. Almost all the forestry in Sweden involves clear cutting.

[@lukaslaurinaitis4995]

All sweden looks like the kingdom of same age 5 meter trees

[@sergeysheremetiev]

And as result, Sweden timber is more expensive.

[@khrystree9233]

Very good video, will global warming change the species of swedish forestry in the future? K

[@wikingkjellson6857]

Yes most likely, the spruce trees that make up most of Sweden's have few biological defenses from wildfires that are becoming more common every year, and because most of the forests in sweden are pretty much monocultures even tho the laws changed to focus on the ecosystems in 1993 because of the bad diversity of wood species the woods are currently at risk of many invasive bugs that destroy trees. If climate change keeps on its course Sweden's forests may in the future look more like Europe's, filled with birch and oak mostly.

[@MrHappyfacee]

The Swedish way is not sustainable at all!! I know from acually working in the industry that production is still very much the priority and the climate is disregarded. If you want to practice good logging look into methods witch brings continuity to your forest. Don't practice clearcutting, its a horrible way to use the forest

[@fairboro153]

As an accountant specialising in Transport & Forestry, I tend to agree with this. The Swedish model tends not to focus on oxygen production, sequestration of CO2 or even soil enrichment. Each tree type has a different set of stats on production rates. The Swedish model tends to focus on trees that grow faster. So that it can be harvested asap.

[@MrHappyfacee]

@@fairboro153 Yes!! I'm curious, what model do you think is better in regard to what you describe? I'm a student so I'm just starting out but I've read a bit about the Lübeck modell and it sounds really interesting. Also there's a Swedish guy called Mats Hagner that's developed a interesting way also.

[@fairboro153]

@@MrHappyfacee To clarify, I'm not an academic. I just know from past experience that the Swedish model was a reaction policy to a serious set of circumstances that left Sweden short of cheap wood. Hence Swedish model's love for fast growing Spruce, Birch & Pine (making up over 90% of Sweden's Tree reserves..) After the 90s significant imports from Russia & the Baltic states, also boosted production. So this idea of Sweden being green is likewise a little fake, because felling licences in all states of the former Soviet Union are not subject to a restoration order...

[@MrHappyfacee]

@@fairboro153 Yes it's totally greenwashing!! Unfortunately the industry's are brainwashing the future forrestry students into believing the Swedish modem is climate friendly and economicaly sound. What you mention with the imports are really interesting to me because I've never heard this before and I like to learn about our forest history. Do you have any source you recommend on Swedish forest history? I realize now that the Swedish sources I have read on the subject are biased

[@fairboro153]

@@MrHappyfacee Most Scottish, Welsh & Northern English forests are versions of the Swedish Model. In terms of high production yield, it does the trick. Pine & Spruce when planted right next to each other on poor soils tend to compete for light, so they keep outpacing each other in growth (year on year). On the other hand Pine & Spruce when planted right next to other trees tend to eventually kill everything around them leaving only themselves and other Pines & Spruces. That's the problem. The trick of a healthy forest is offering generous spacing between sapling trees. Obviously this is not commercially viable... But maybe that doesn't matter if at the end, we end up producing more oxygen?!!! Perhaps that's something to think about..

[@kyleoliva8045]

hi

[@altnrgaccount5466]

We have to start planting more trees using mechanized automation methods for future generations. someone needs to design a method of mass airdropping tree saplings that auto plant themselves.

[@kenhynes7725]

Go back to bed there and dream up something else

[@musiclives43v3r]

that's already a thing

[@Maxime-ho9iv]

If only trees could do that themselves..

[@xoxo-gq3eg]

is anyone watching this because of school, or is it just me-

[@montyGator]

yep.

[@nikkojones6530]

Please take me, serious.

[@fornamnefternamn1532]

But not much of this is scientifically true.

[@KK-pf1ye]

which part?

[@edhuber3557]

@@KK-pf1ye The part with the ~24yr old telling of his experience in forestry methods?

[@CARambolagen]

The bullshit Model!

[@DragonsFan.]

I agree, I recently was in a forest to pick mushrooms there where heavy machines cutting down the trees. It's like a terrorist in the forest.

[@CARambolagen]

@@DragonsFan. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2aUd4CYibShlbM

[@enkvadrat_]

There is so much lies in this video… you should probably not trust that the people making huge amounts of money from forests have nature in mind

[@Skogen594]

It is amazing how More of Everything barley has more views than this paid forestry video evrm thought it is the most important video.