Notified area for felling for February decreased compared with February 2023

Nyhet | Statistik - 12 March 2024

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified for felling in February decreased 25 percent, compared to February 2023. The area regarding applications for permits for final felling in montane forests decreased to barely one seventh, compared to the same month last year.

Experience has shown that statistics regarding notifications and applications can vary from month to month due to the forestry planning of various stakeholders. It is therefore important to be careful when analyzing the monthly data and to not draw conclusions about the planned felling.

The area of notified logging and permits applied for was 17,608 hectares in February, which was a decrease of 25 percent, compared to February 2023. Of this area, applications for permits for final felling of montane forests represented 417 hectares, compared with 3,006 hectares in the same month last year.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in February over the previous five years, this is a decrease of 7 percent. Compared to the average area for the previous ten years, this is an increase of 2 percent.

Notifications and applications on the regional level in February

In total, the area of notifications and applications increased in February for Northern Norrland while it decreased for the rest of the country, compared with February last year.

• Northern Norrland – decrease by 3,243 hectares (-54 percent)
• Southern Norrland – decrease by 707 hectares (-13 percent)
• Svealand – decrease by 2,533 hectares (-44 percent)
• Götaland – increase by 539 hectares (9 percent)

So far this year, the area covered by notifications and applications has decreased by 23 percent

For January to February, the area of notifications and applications for permits for final felling was 32,486 hectares, which is a decrease of 23 percent, compared to the same period last year. So far this year, the area of applications for permits for final felling of montane forests is 779 hectares, for the corresponding period last year the area was 3,308 hectares.

In Northern Norrland, the area notified and applied for has decreased by 43 percent, in Southern Norrland by 13 percent, in Svealand by 38 percent and in Götaland by 4 percent, compared to the corresponding period 2023.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in the corresponding period for the previous five years, it is a decrease of 15 percent. Compared to the previous ten years, it is a decrease of 12 percent.

Explanation

An increase or decrease in notifications and applications for permits for final felling does not necessarily mean that the area of actual final felling has increased or decreased to the same extent.

Statistics refer to total notifications for felling and applications for permission on productive forest land for final felling in montane forest and valuable broad-leaved forest.