Sweden’s ‘old‑growth’ natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands—new study

Most of Europe’s original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, and timber. The few remaining “old-growth” natural forests are relics of the past that illustrate how forests would have looked in the absence of human management. They can, therefore, tell us how people have transformed forests.

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