{"id":126022,"date":"2025-04-29T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/planned-cottage-construction-threatens-naturskogen-news-inland-local-news-tv-and-radio\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:56:09","slug":"planned-cottage-construction-threatens-naturskogen-news-inland-local-news-tv-and-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/planned-cottage-construction-threatens-naturskogen-news-inland-local-news-tv-and-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned cottage construction threatens Naturskogen – news Inland – local news, TV and radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The case summarized the environmental organization Sabima has mapped out that over 300 square kilometers of valuable natural forests can disappear if all municipalities’ development plans are realized. Engerdal municipality has many plans for cabin construction that can affect the natural forest. Sabima encourages Engerdal and other municipalities to remove all development plans in Naturskog. Sabima thinks it is a paradox that people want cabins to be in nature, but that the cabin building destroys this particular nature. Mayor of Engerdal, Tor Erik Skramstad, emphasizes that cabin construction is an important industry for the municipality, but that they also have obligations to preserve nature. The summary is made by a Ki service from Openai. The content is quality assured by news’s \u200b\u200bjournalists before publishing. It is quiet after Easter in the old cabin field high up in Engerdal \u00d8stfjell. In the fine weather we have excellent views of Femunden and S\u00f8lenfjellene. – Here, many people enjoy having a cabin, says Tor Erik Skramstad mayor. He looks beyond a new cabin field that is being expanded. And there can be more. Many plans: Mayor of Engerdal, Tor Erik Skramstad, is working to take out some of the cabin areas in the municipality’s area plan. A survey The environmental organization Sabima has done with WWF and Norkart shows that over 300 square kilometers of the most valuable natural forest can disappear if all the municipalities’ plans are realized. This corresponds to around 42,000 football fields. Natural forest what is natural forest? Natural forest is forest that is little affected by humans. The forest is home for 25,000 species. But it is especially the natural forest that is important. Half of the 2750 species that are threatened in Norway, they live in the forest. And many of them are linked to what we call natural forest. There are varied forests that have not been flat, and where the trees have been allowed to grow old, and where there are dead trees. What does Sabima show its survey? 333 square kilometers (km2) of the natural forest can disappear if the municipalities’ development plans as they are today are realized. The largest areas are located inland, Tr\u00f8ndelag, Agder and Buskerud.Tar you with forests that are not flat -cut after 1940. Thus, a harvest where most of the usable trees except life cycle trees have been cut. Then 726 square kilometers (km2) are planned to be built. The main reason for the natural forest being developed is cabin construction. The main reason for the development of Naturskog is cabin construction and Engerdal is one of the municipalities that have many plans that affect natural forests. – At least we have to think about it when we make new cabin areas. That you have to preserve as much as possible. But it cannot stop development in Engerdal municipality. We have to make sure we still have jobs and development. So we just have to continue with that, says Mayor Skramstad. At the same time, he emphasizes that the municipal council is now working on a review of its development plans. They will densify existing cabin areas instead of using brand new areas. Dramatic figures in January became the new natural forest maps available to everyone. Now Sabima has linked these maps with all the municipalities’ development plans. This map shows in yellow area set aside for recreational buildings in Engerdal’s municipal plans. Here, darker degrees of brown show increasing degree of natural forestry. The two or three southernmost areas of the plan are now being discussed if one is to remove. The environmental organization was surprised at how much of our most important forest areas are planned to be developed. They emphasize how important the natural forest is. Half of the 2750 species that are threatened in Norway, they live in the forest. And many of them are linked to what we call natural forest. – Then we go loose on the last natural forest we have left, and it will be very serious for the species diversity. And the Norwegian nature that we are so proud of, says Secretary General Einar Wilhelmsen. CONCERNED: Sabima Secretary General Einar Wilhelmsen, is afraid much of the most valuable forest will be lost if no grip is taken now. Photo: Sabima wants development ban Sabima praises Engerdal municipality for going through its plans. But they want Engerdal and all other municipalities to go further and remove all development plans where there is natural forest. – Now we have the knowledge, now we know where the valuable nature is, and then we have to do something about it. We cannot afford to continue to destroy Norwegian nature at the pace that we have been doing. They now want a development ban in valuable nature and a stronger precautionary principle in the natural forest that is not flat-cut since 1940. As a first grip, they want the state managers to be instructed to raise objections to development in natural forests. This is what the government replies – we cannot expand such large areas. The figures show that much more space has been set for cabin construction in Norway than we need. We know that many municipalities have regulated cabins in old land plans that are not up to date. The government has set up a natural rate, a scheme where the municipalities can, among other things, receive support to update old land plans, says State Secretary Kristoffer Andr\u00e9 Hansen in the Ministry of Climate and Environment. Sabima wants a development ban in valuable nature, and a stronger precautionary principle in the natural forest that is not flat-high since 1940. What do you think about it? – I do not mean that a general state ban will be correct. This must be considered from case by case. It is important that the protection of vulnerable and valuable nature is emphasized when areas are assessed down, but the natural value in natural forest also varies widely. There are areas where we can allow cottage construction in the future. Our job is to ensure that it is the right places that construction is allowed. We have prepared maps of the natural forest that the municipalities should use to assess areas. Sabima also believes the government can immediately instruct the state managers to raise objections to development in Naturskog. What do you think about that? – Development in Naturskog itself does not provide a basis for objections. But natural forests can be very important, among other things, as a habitat for endangered species. Natural forest should therefore be thoroughly mapped in connection with development plans, and if there are important natural values \u200b\u200bhere, environmental management can consider promoting objections. Many species: Dead trees contain many valuable species. Threatened: The natural forest is threatened, mainly by cabin development. Cabin paradox Sabima believes the cabin development has a large paradox. People want a cabin because they want to be in nature and experience exciting and valuable nature. At the same time, it is the cabin field that destroys just the exciting and valuable nature they want to experience. – We have to think a little seriously. And then we have to remove cabin plans that lie in areas that have very valuable nature, such as Naturskog, which we have now learned where is, because we have got a map, says Wilhelmsen. Mayor Tor Erik Skramstad in Engerdal points to the municipal map and shows the cabin areas the municipality plans to take out of the area plan. He has a slightly different dilemma. – Had the cabin fields that have come up here throughout the municipality of Engerdal had come up, then there would probably not have been many here. It is really the largest industry in the municipality, it is cabin development. At the same time, there are experiences of hunting, fishing and outdoor life that make people want a cabin in the municipality. – What the municipality is based on, it is nature, too. So we have obligations there to take care of as much of nature as possible in the future. Without it, Engerdal municipality does not have much to offer, really. Published 29.04.2025, at. 14.46
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