A prerequisite for ecological landscape planning is identifying the location of valuable forests that need to be protected.
We have therefore inventoried our forests with the aim of locating the areas that we believe have high conservation value. We call these areas conservation biotopes.
The inventories have largely been carried out by specially trained biologists. Conservation biotopes have been classified according to a three-tier scale. The highest ranking, or the most valuable areas, comprises key biotopes. Some examples are old-growth coniferous forest, old hardwood forests and marshy forests. Key characteristics of these biotopes are dead trees, thick fallen logs (dead tree trunks lying on the ground) and old trees.
About 1% of SCA’s woodland comprises key biotopes, corresponding to approximately 20,000 hectares.
