Hillevi Eriksson, Climate and Bioenergy specialist, Swedish Forest Agency hillevi.eriksson@forestagency.se
Forest facts About 56 % of Sweden s land area is productive forest land Another 8 % is improductive forest Source: Swedish Statistical Yearbook of Forestry 2010 2
Forest facts Total standing volume on productive forest land is about 3000 million m 2, Clear-cutting->planting or seed tree stand left->natural generation Source: Swedish Statistical Yearbook of Forestry 2010 3
The forest Forestry and the forest industry directly employ about 1 % of the population Forest owners: private owners 50%, companies 25%, state and communities 25%
Swedish Forest Agency The Swedish Forest Agency is the national authority in charge of forest-related issues. We are placed under the Ministry for Rural Affairs. Eskil Erlandsson Minister for Rural Affairs Monika Stridsman Director General SFA
Swedish Forest Agency Mission - to work for a sustainable utilisation of the Swedish forests. Main task - to promote the kind of management of Sweden s forests that attains the objectives of forest policy given by the Parliament and Government Photo and copyright: Michael Ekstrand
Values Sustainable, non-exploitive use - The general public is strongly engaged in issues related to the forests and forestry. It is important for society that the forests resources are used sustainably in an economic, ecological and social context.
Forest policy Regeneration mandatory, SFA 1902 The Forestry Act from1993 places equal emphasis on two main objectives: production goals and environmental goals
Forest policy Sweden s forest is a national resource biodiversity, timber, pulp, bioenergy, mushrooms and berries, wild game, beauty, recreation, etc The Swedish Forest Agency strive for: forest management that give sustainable high production and maintain biodiversity to improve means for securing social values
Strategy for preserving forest Larger areas Improductive forest biodiversity National parks and reserves Key habitats Habitat protection, nature conservation agreements, volontary reserves, saved at clear-cuttings: dead wood, a few old trees, shrubs, etc Action plans for red-listed species
SFA climate change policy global perspective Replanting forest in deforested regions valuable mitigating effect in regions where conditions are developing favouring forest preservation and utilization of forest for a socioeconomic sustainable development Reduced deforestation - to be achieved partly through poverty reduction and socioeconomic development A long-term and sustainable management ought to be practised at all types of forestry and bioenergy production around the world
The role of forest for climate in Sweden The atmosphere Substitution Heat&power plants Sequestration (= + wood stock) Fossil fuels Cement, plastics Bioenergy => now ca 30 % of energy cons. most from Swedish forest
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Energy mix in district heating 1970-2008 60 50 40 TWh Waste heat Heat pumps Electric boilers 30 Biofuels, waste, peat etc, 20 10 0 oil coal biomass Coal, including coke oven gas, b-f gas Natural gas, including LPG Oil
Wood use in the Swedish forest sector ~6-7 % of biomass harvest: energy (branches and tops (and stumps)) 46 % pulpwood 23 % energy (black liqour, etc) 36 % Pulp & Paper Annual cut ~ 90 mill m 3 46 % Saw logs 16 % Pulp chips 20 % Sawn wood 13 % energy (bark, sawdust, etc) 8 % energy (direct harvest) Source: Skogsindustrierna, 2003 and Official Statistics of Sweden 14
TWh Biopower 2002-2010 16,0 14,0 12,0 10,0 8,0 Waste Peat KVV, Avfall Other KVV, bio Torv KVV, Biogas 6,0 4,0 KVV, Övr.Bio Pulp Massaind. indu 2,0 0,0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 www.svebio.se
Milj m3sk 3.500 categories¹ Wood stock development 3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500 1.000 500 0 1926 1936 1946 1956 1966 1976 1986 1996 2006 Tall, Scots pine Gran, Norway spruce Wood growth development Beräknad årlig tillväxt sedan 1926 och bruttoavverkning sedan 1853 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
Peat drainage År Year Ägarkategori ² Ownership categories² Summa Total Kronan State 1 000 ha hectare Övriga allmänna Other public Aktiebolag Forest company Privata³ Private³ 1955 4 2 1 6 5 14 1960 4 1 1 6 5 13 1970 4 1 1 4 8 13 1975 4 1 1 5 22 29 1980 4 4 1 8 18 31 1985 3 0,6 3,2 13,1 20 1987 2,4 1,4 2,4 12,2 18,4 1988 2,6 1,4 2,3 9,4 15,7 1989 2,2 1,3 1,4 11 15,9 1990 0,7 0,4 1,4 4,9 7,4 1991 0,9 0,4 0,8 3,7 5,8 1992 5 0,6 0,1 0,6 1,6 2,9 1993.......... 1994 5........ 0,5 1995 5........ 0,3 1996 5........ 0,4
What we do advise on forest-related matters, supervise compliance with the Forest Act, provide services to the forest sector, support nature conservation efforts, conduct inventories and analyses learn from research and develop knowledge about forest-related issues
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