Natural geographical regions
In our work to preserve biodiversity on a landscape level, that means within larger geographical areas, we assume from the 12 natural geographical regions where our forest holdings is.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has specified in the environmental objective “Sustainable Forests” that the goal is to preserve the biodiversity of forests in natural geographical regions. Sweden is divided into 29 natural geographical regions, based on both biological and geological factors in the landscape as well at the topograhy.
When we account for the effects of SCA’s forestry from a landscape perspective, we assume from de 12 natural geographical regions where SCA has its forest holdings. See the chart below.
Within our forest holdings, we work by identifying forest areas with high conservation values, and validate what kind of function they have in the landscape. This means that concentrations of areas with high conservation value, will be considered when we choose which forest shall be set aside or managed with continous cover forestry.
The purpose with this is to promote the connectivity in the landscape (also called the green infrastructure), which means giving species in the forest the opportunity to live and spread within their natural range. This is also in line with the environmental objective “Sustainable Forests”.
Natural geographical regions
Here is a list of the 12 natural geographical regions, where SCA has its forest holdings. For each natural geographical region we account for:
- Size of SCA’s forest holdings (productive forest land) within the natural geographical regions
- Share of SCa land voluntary set-asides
- Share of SCA land with forests that are managed with Continuous Cover Forestry (Combined targets)
- Share of SCA land with old forest, > 140 years.
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Natural geographical regions |
SCA's forest holdings, productive forest land (hectares) | Share of SCA land that are voluntary set-asides (%) |
Share of SCA land that are managed with continous cover forestry (combined targets %) |
Share of SCA land with old forest |
| Gävleborg County | 9 536 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| Vågig bergkullterräng | 9 536 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| Jämtland County | 742 813 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 10.5 |
| Bergkullslätt | 45 717 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| Dalarnas och Härjedalens näringsfattiga områden | 71 960 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 12.3 |
| Fjällen i Dalarna, Härjedalen och södra Jämtland | 18 282 | 74.3 | 5.8 | 73.8 |
| Jämtlands kambro-silurområde | 65 300 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 5.7 |
| Nordlig boreal barr- och fjällövskog i norra Jämtland | 49 395 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 15.6 |
| Nordlig boreal barr- och fjällövskog i västra Jämtland | 9 179 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
| Nordlig boreal i inre Lappland | 63 355 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| Rundade lågfjäll norra Jämtland - sydvästra Kiruna kommun | 14 844 | 62.6 | 6.5 | 75.3 |
| Vågig bergkullterräng | 404 241 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
| Norrbotten County | 334 236 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| Bergkullslätt | 74 984 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 7.9 |
| Nordlig boreal i inre Lappland | 8 597 | 13.8 | 1.0 | 19.7 |
| Norra barrskogs-Lappland | 12 958 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 12.6 |
| Norra Bottenvikens kustslätt | 19 517 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| Rundade lågfjäll norra Jämtland - sydvästra Kiruna kommun | 1 260 | 41.2 | 3.6 | 42.9 |
| Vågig bergkullterräng | 216 921 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 5.5 |
| Västerbotten County | 351 951 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| Bergkullslätt | 159 353 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| Nordlig boreal i inre Lappland | 105 809 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 7.6 |
| Norra Bottenvikens kustslätt | 28 393 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| Vågig bergkullterräng | 58 396 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 5.9 |
| Västernorrland County | 575 288 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| Bergkullslätt | 18 812 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Starkt kuperad kustslätt | 98 334 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vågig bergkullterräng | 458 142 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| TOTAL (productive forest land) | 2 013825 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
Map over SCA's forest holdings
In our map you can see SCA’s entire land holdings in Sweden, including our conservation parks, voluntarily set-asides and areas manages with alternative forms of forest management.
