Over the last hundred years, Norway’s forests have tripled in volume, according to the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research - NIBIO (link in Norwegian). This has resulted in large amounts of CO2 being removed from the air and stored in trees, leaves, dead trunks, and in the ground.
This is because the growth of trees in forests has been higher than the rate of logging and natural tree death.
Norway now has more than one billion cubic meters of tree trunks, according to information from Landskogtakseringen and Statistics Norway.
That is a 10 percent increase in just the last ten years. And a tremendous increase looking back around a hundred years. Few countries in the world have as good an overview of their forests as Norway.
Beyond their environmental importance, these forests are vital for various reasons, providing raw materials, preserving soil quality, and serving as habitats for diverse species. Moreover, they offer recreational opportunities and a natural remedy for stress, linking modern Norwegians to their ancestral past when they relied on the forest for survival.
Source: Forskning
