Swedish forestry reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 60 million metric tons a year, 14 million metric tons inside the country and 46 million metric tons elsewhere. The climatic effect is greater abroad because we export a large proportion of our forest products and because the emission connected to production burdens Sweden. More growth oriented forestry and increased extraction of biofuel could benefit the climate to the extent of just over 100 million metric tons a year.
This information is provided by a study (September 2008) carried out by SLU and Swiss researchers at the request of Sveaskog. In a life-cycle analysis, researchers have estimated both the net effect of forest carbon dioxide binding and the effect of wood raw material replacing energy demanding and fossil products, such as steel, concrete and oil.