Sustainable management of forests

The plan wants to phase out clear-cutting and let the state increase its control over the resources needed for the climate transition, and it establishes that powerful legislation and steering instruments are necessary because profit interests would otherwise take precedence over the environment. The counter-proposal wants instead to build forest policy on respect for the conditions of private ownership and less detailed control. That contradicts the plan's demands for stronger societal control.

• clear-cutting is phased outdecisive»För att uppnå klimatmålen behöver skogens funktion som kolsänka bevaras de kommande decennierna, därför behöver kalhyggesbruket fasas ut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To achieve climate goals, the forest's function as a carbon sink must be preserved over the coming decades, therefore clear-cutting must be phased out.”
• increased state control»Staten måste öka sin kontroll över infrastruktur och resurser som behövs för att genomföra klimatomställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state must increase its control over infrastructure and resources needed to implement the climate transition.”
• powerful environmental legislation»Därför behövs en kraftfull lagstiftning, ekonomiska styrmedel, långsiktig samhällsplanering, klimatinvesteringar« (party programme ↗)“Therefore powerful legislation, economic steering instruments, long-term societal planning, climate investments are needed”
• environmental considerations take precedence»de långsiktiga miljöhänsynen måste vara överordnade« (party programme ↗)“long-term environmental considerations must take precedence”

The counter-proposal requires that forest policy be based on respect for the conditions of private ownership and that state influence becomes less controlling. The plan rests on the opposite principle: democracy has priority over the market and environmental considerations are a superior requirement in all production, especially as species extinction accelerates. The plan provides no support for the idea that the form of ownership should limit common governance of the forest.

• democracy's prioritydecisive»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore has priority over the market.”
• environmental considerations are superior»Den ser miljöhänsyn som« (party programme ↗)“It sees environmental considerations as”
• threatened diversity requires governance»Samtidigt accelererar artdöden och den biologiska mångfalden hotas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Meanwhile species extinction is accelerating and biological diversity is threatened.”
• the market has its place»Marknaden och vinstintresset är en del av det ekonomiska livet.« (party programme ↗)“The market and profit motive are part of economic life.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The counter-proposal wants forest policy to be built on respect for private ownership conditions and that the state's control should be kept less detailed. The plan instead requires that use of forests is linked to responsibility for biodiversity and that forestry be modernised with high-forest methods and smaller clear-cuts, which presupposes control. The plan therefore speaks against the demand.

• use with biodiversity responsibilitydecisive»Bruk av skog, vatten och mark måste kopplas till ett ansvar för att den biologiska mångfalden inte ska utarmas.« (party programme ↗)“Use of forest, water and land must be linked to a responsibility so that biodiversity is not depleted.”
• modernised forestry»Därför måste skogsbruket moderniseras genom mer av hyggesfria avverkningsmetoder och genom mindre kalhyggen« (party programme ↗)“Therefore forestry must be modernised through more high-forest harvesting methods and through smaller clear-cuts”
• high-forest forestry»att mer skogsbruk bedrivs med hyggesfria metoder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that more forestry be conducted with high-forest methods.”
• environmental considerations before exploitation»Miljöhänsyn ska väga tyngre än kortsiktiga exploateringsintressen.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental considerations shall weigh more heavily than short-term exploitation interests.”

The election manifesto establishes that forestry needs good conditions based on strong ownership rights, and the party programme makes ownership central and links ownership to responsibility for stewardship. The plan moreover wants to strengthen ownership rights as a fundamental right. The counter-proposal's demand that forest policy shall be based on respect for private ownership's conditions and less government detailed control is therefore the plan's own line.

• strong ownership rights in forestrydecisive»Skogsbruket behöver goda förutsättningar grundade i en stark äganderätt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Forestry needs good conditions based on strong ownership rights.”
• ownership as freedom ground»Äganderätten är central för ett samhälle där människor kan förverkliga sig själva och sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“Ownership rights are central to a society where people can realise themselves and their dreams.”
• ownership entails stewardship responsibility»Det man äger har man också ett ansvar för att vårda.« (party programme ↗)“What you own you also have responsibility for stewardship.”
• strengthened ownership rights»Vi vill stärka bland annat äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen among others ownership rights”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan requires that laws and rules protect property rights and that Swedish forestry is valued, and that the state seeks good cooperation with landowners in nature conservation. The counter-proposal's demand that forest policy shall be based on respect for the conditions of private ownership with less detailed control follow from these commitments. That the plan at the same time requires increased environmental consideration within forestry qualifies but does not negate the property-rights line.

• property rights and legal certaintydecisive»slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“protect property rights, competition on equal terms, legal certainty”
• valued Swedish forestry»Allemansrätten och det svenska skogsbruket ska värnas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Allemansrätten and Swedish forestry shall be valued”
• equal forest-policy objectives»Den svenska skogspolitiken ska vila på två jämställda mål, produktionsmålet och miljömålet.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish forest policy shall rest on two equal objectives, the production objective and the environmental objective.”
• increased environmental consideration»Miljöhänsynen inom skogsbruket måste öka.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental consideration within forestry must increase.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan builds forest policy on individual property rights: individual ownership of forestland is identified as a guarantee for good and long-term stewardship, and the election manifesto warns that property rights over the forest are threatened. The counter-proposal's demand that forest policy be based on respect for the conditions of private ownership thus lies directly in line with the plan. The plan holds production and environmental goals as equivalent at the same time.

• individual ownership as a stewardship guaranteedecisive»för den enskilda äganderätten och generationers erfarenhet av enskilt ägande av skogs- och jordbruksmark« (party programme ↗)“for individual property rights and generations' experience of individual ownership of forest and agricultural land”
• protect property rights to the forest»äganderätten över skogen hotas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“property rights over the forest are threatened”
• property rights as a human right»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right”
• production and environmental goals as equivalent»Det är angeläget att dessa mål har samma prioritet och dignitet vid utformandet av den övergripande« (party programme ↗)“It is important that these goals have the same priority and dignity in the design of the overarching”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto establishes that property rights are a precondition for sustainable forestry and that people's right to own should be protected so that the forest can be managed, and that formal protection should happen through voluntary means. The counter-proposal's requirement that forestry policy should be based on respect for the conditions of private ownership and less detailed control is exactly this commitment. The party programme adds that the owner should have the right to use their ownership as they see fit.

• property rights in forestrydecisive»Äganderätten är en förutsättning för ett hållbart skogsbruk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Property rights are a precondition for sustainable forestry.”
• ownership as stewardship»Människors rätt att äga ska värnas så att skogen kan brukas långsiktigt och hållbart till nytta för klimatet och miljön.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“People's right to own should be protected so that the forest can be managed long-term and sustainably for the benefit of climate and environment.”
• voluntary forest protection»Stärka skogsägarnas äganderätt genom att formellt skydd av skog ska ske genom frivillighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen forest owners' property rights by formal protection of forest should happen through voluntary means”
• the owner's right of use»rätt att använda sitt ägande efter eget huvud ska vara vägledande.« (party programme ↗)“the right to use one's ownership as one sees fit should be guiding.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan bases forest policy on protecting forest owners' right to cultivate their forests and strengthening property rights, with voluntary action under responsibility as method rather than detailed control. The counter-proposal's requirement that forest policy be based on respect for private property's conditions and less detailed control is the same stance. Also reserve designation shall according to the plan occur on a voluntary basis and with good compensation.

• cultivation right in forestrydecisive»Värna skogsägarnas rätt att bruka sina skogar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect forest owners' right to cultivate their forests”
• strengthened property rights»Stärka äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen property rights”
• voluntary action under responsibility»Erfarenheten visar att frivillighet under ansvar fungerar bäst för att skapa miljövärden, stöttat med kompetent och hjälpande rådgivning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Experience shows that voluntary action under responsibility works best for creating environmental values, supported with competent and helpful advice.”
• voluntary reserves with compensation»Avsättning av skog till reservat ska ske på frivillighetens grund och med god ersättning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Designation of forest as reserves shall occur on a voluntary basis and with good compensation.”