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

Nyhet | Statistik - 14 November 2023

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified for felling in October decreased by just under 1 percent, compared to October 2022. The area regarding applications for permits for final felling in montane forests decreased, to near half the area, 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 27,465 hectares in October, which was a decrease of 1 percent, compared to October 2022. Of this area, applications for permits for final felling of montane forests represented 526 hectares, compared with 995 hectares in the same month last year.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in October over the previous five years, this is a decrease of 7 percent. Also compared to the average area for the previous ten years, this is a decrease of 8 percent.

Notifications and applications on the regional level in October

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

• Northern Norrland – increase by 606 hectares (+10 percent)
• Southern Norrland – decrease by 735 hectares (-10 percent)
• Svealand – decrease by 195 hectares (-3 percent)
• Götaland – increase by 84 hectares (1 percent)

So far this year, the area covered by notifications and applications has increased by 13 percent

For January to October, the area of notifications and applications for permits for final felling was 219,993 hectares, which is an increase of 13 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 11,004 hectares, for the corresponding period last year the area was 5,272 hectares.

In Northern Norrland, the area notified and applied for has increased by 48 percent, in Southern Norrland by 1 percent and in Götaland by 21 percent. In Svealand however, it has decreased by 4 percent, compared to the first nine months of the year 2022.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in the first ten months of the year for the previous five years, it is a decrease of 2 percent. Compared to the previous ten years, it is unchanged.

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.