Notified area for felling for March decreased compared with March 2023

Nyhet | Statistik - 11 April 2024

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified for felling in March decreased 13 percent, compared to March 2023. The area regarding applications for permits for final felling in montane forests decreased to barely one twelfth, 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 19,018 hectares in March, which was a decrease of 13 percent, compared to March 2023. Of this area, applications for permits for final felling of montane forests represented 250 hectares, compared with 3,125 hectares in the same month last year.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in March over the previous five years, this is a decrease of 14 percent. Compared to the average area for the previous ten years, this is a decrease of 6 percent.

Notifications and applications on the regional level in March

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

• Northern Norrland – decrease by 2,472 hectares   (-47 percent)
• Southern Norrland – increase by 1,175 hectares     (21 percent)
• Svealand – decrease by 1,312 hectares                     (-24 percent)
• Götaland – decrease by 241 hectares                           (-4 percent)

So far this year, the area covered by notifications and applications has decreased by 21 percent

For January to March, the area of notifications and applications for permits for final felling was 50,529 hectares, which is a decrease of 21 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 1,029 hectares, for the corresponding period last year the area was 6,433 hectares.

In Northern Norrland, the area notified and applied for has decreased by 44 percent, in Southern Norrland by 1 percent, in Svealand by 33 percent and in Götaland by 10 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 13 percent. Compared to the previous ten years, it is a decrease of 8 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.