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A reindeer strolls through a bog in northern Sweden. Image by Alexandre Buisse via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Will the new EU environment leader change Sweden’s conservation direction? (commentary)

Daniel Bengtsson 7 Nov 2024
Eurasian lynx, courtesy of Parc Zoologique de Paris.

Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)

Misha Istratov 4 Sep 2024
Eurasian brown bear courtesy of Magnus Lundgren/Swedensbigfive.org.

Sweden greenlights hunt of nearly 500 bears, a fifth of total population

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2024

Tree bark removes atmospheric methane, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 16 Aug 2024
Service in Östersund.

How Europe’s only Indigenous group is inspiring a greener Christianity

John Last 17 Jul 2024
Two Dutch flycatchers nestle in the palm of a researcher’s hands. Photo credit: Koosje Lamers.

Ecologists help migratory birds adapt to climate change

Gillian Dohrn 30 Nov 2023
A member of the Sámi Indigenous people tends a reindeer in Sweden.

Sámi rights must not be sacrificed for green energy goals of Europe (commentary)

Karin Nutti Pilflykt 20 Mar 2023
Logging operation in Sweden. Image courtesy of Marcus Westberg.

How unsustainable is Sweden’s forestry? ‘Very.’ Q&A with Marcus Westberg and Staffan Widstrand

Erik Hoffner 17 Jun 2022
A reindeer strolls through a bog in northern Sweden. Image by Alexandre Buisse via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

‘Cooling the climate for 10,000 years’: How saving wetlands can help save the world

Mark Hillsdon 14 Dec 2021
A mother brown bear and her two cubs in the Gästrikland region of Sweden. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

As predators return to Sweden’s wild, ecotourism looks to change mindsets

Johan Augustin 2 Oct 2020

Trekking the boreal forest for biodiversity (insider)

Erik Hoffner 12 Apr 2019

Genetic test reveals Baltic flounder migration routes and a new species

Lakshmi Supriya 13 Mar 2019

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury: study

Basten Gokkon 27 Nov 2018

Crop losses to insects will accelerate as the globe warms: study

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2018

Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016

Environmental journalism: rich with stories but ‘extremely under-resourced’

Rhett A. Butler 15 Oct 2013

Burning coal responsible for over 20,000 deaths a year in Europe

John Vidal 13 Jun 2013

Six nations, including U.S., set up climate initiative to target short-term greenhouse gases

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2012

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