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 In Sweden, ecological landscape plans now cover the entire area of 1.4 million hectares where they are applicable – some 87% of Stora Enso Skog's productive forest holdings. A special conservation programme for the endangered white-backed woodpecker is included in the ecological plans for company-owned forests in Sweden.
Areas of special biodiversity value are set aside from wood harvesting activities. The estimated cost of this nature conservation work corresponds to a 10% reduction in annual cutting. This means that each year in Sweden Stora Enso voluntarily refrains from harvesting wood worth approximately EUR 9 million, for the benefit of biodiversity.
Watercourses are among the valuable biotopes in wood procurement areas. Stora Enso Skog has developed special guidelines to instruct machine operators how best to cross watercourses.
Best score in Finland
In Finland, Stora Enso Metsä received the best score for the sixth consecutive year in the Tapio Forestry Development Centre's national ecological quality inventories of felling operations in 2002. The factors investigated included the preservation of valuable biotopes, the quality of water protection in wood harvesting, the consideration given to landscape values, and standards of forest management.
Co-operation in Canada
In Canada, Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury signed a forest management agreement with the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources, which represents the indigenous Mi'kmaq people of Cape Breton Island. Stora Enso is assisting with forestry training and capacity building, while Mi'kmaq traditional ecological knowledge will be used to improve the sustainability of forestry.
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