Task 45: Climate and Sustainability Effects of Bioenergy within the broader Bioeconomy

Task 45: Climate and Sustainability Effects of Bioenergy within the broader Bioeconomy

Correction: The area of tall forests is not declining in Finland and Sweden

The World Resources Institute published an Insights article in June 2024 highlighting that the area of tall Nordic forests has declined by 20% over the period of 2001-2021. This response, based on data from the Swedish and Finnish national forest inventory, show that they are wrong and highlights that results based solely on remote sensing data still needs to be interpreted with care.