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A forest in Dalarna. Sweden is covered by 68% forest. [1] In southern Sweden, human interventions started to have a significant impact on broadleaved forests around 2000 years ago, where the first evidence of extensive agriculture has been found. [2]
In total, the reserve has about 500 km 2 of primary coniferous forests, over 1600 km 2 of birch forests (the largest protected birch forest in Sweden), nearly 1600 km 2 of alpine moorland and nearly 300 km 2 peatland [S 3] [A 6] Among the several habitats are permanent glaciers, alpine rivers, palsa mires, alpine and boreal heaths and ...
The best-known lakes in this category are undoubtedly Tåkern and Hornborgasjön. The coast of Sweden is long and conditions are quite different at the endpoints. Near the Norwegian border, conditions are typical of the North Atlantic, turning to subarctic near the Finnish border where salinity is down to 0.1–0.2%.
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Sweden's highest mountain Kebnekaise will be part of a national park sometime between 2009 and 2013. The Sylan mountain range will be part of the Vålådalen-Sylarna National Park. In 2008, after investigations and interviews with the participating counties, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency laid down a plan to establish 13 new ...
The Scandinavian and Russian taiga is an ecoregion within the taiga and boreal forests biome as defined by the WWF classification (ecoregion PA0608). [1] It is situated in Northern Europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south and occupies about 2,156,900 km 2 (832,800 sq mi) in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the northern part of European Russia, being the largest ...
The national park takes its name from the forest of Skule, of which it constitutes the eastern part. The name Skuleskogen in Swedish means "the forest of Skule", the word Skule being common in the place names nearby, with for example Skuleberget ("mountain of Skule"), Skulesjön ("lake of Skule") or even the villages Skule and Skulnäs. [2]
Fältbiologen is published with 2-3 issues a year. All members of Nature and Youth Sweden receive an issue; schools and other interested parties are also able to subscribe to the magazine, and it is available at libraries throughout Sweden. [5] The magazine is produced by a non-profit editorial group. [5]