Notified area for felling for November is in parity with the same period 2022

Nyhet | Statistik - 12 December 2023

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified for felling in November decreased by 1 percent, compared to November 2022. The area regarding applications for permits for final felling in montane forests however, increased three-fold, 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 25,701 hectares in November, which was a decrease of 1 percent, compared to November 2022. Of this area, applications for permits for final felling of montane forests represented 994 hectares, compared with 363 hectares in the same month last year.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in November over the previous five years, this is a decrease of 9 percent. Also, compared to the average area for the previous ten years, this is a decrease of 9 percent.

Notifications and applications on the regional level in November

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

• Northern Norrland – increase by 835 hectares (+17 percent)
• Southern Norrland – decrease by 665 hectares (-9 percent)
• Svealand – decrease by 864 hectares (-11 percent)
• Götaland – increase by 416 hectares (+7 percent)

So far this year, the area covered by notifications and applications has increased by 11 percent

For January to November, the area of notifications and applications for permits for final felling was 245,854 hectares, which is an increase of 11 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 12,106 hectares, for the corresponding period last year the area was 5,635 hectares.

In Northern Norrland, the area notified and applied for has increased by 45 percent and in Götaland by 19 percent. In Southern Norrland the area is unchanged and in Svealand it has decreased by 5 percent, compared to the first eleven months of the year 2022.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in the first eleven months of the year for the previous five years, it is a decrease of 3 percent. Compared to the previous ten years, it is a decrease of 1 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.