Nov 16, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. SCA is investing in nature conservation through equipping each of the company’s five forest districts in Sweden with their own nature conservations specialists and adding a further conservations specialist to SCA Skog’s central staff, as Papernet reported. “We know that the quality of nature consideration in our forest management is of a generally high standard. We will now further improve quality through a substantial investment in resources, partly through adding five nature conservation specialists to our team, and partly through a thorough inventory of nature qualities in SCA's forests,” says Mats Sandgren, President of SCA Skog. Preserving forest biodiversity is the highest-priority environmental target within SCA’s forest management. More than 100 000 hectares of productive forest land have been set aside from forestry for this purpose. An additional 50 000 hectares is managed with special consideration for nature qualities. “Nature conservation work at SCA continues to develop. We are now adding substantial resources to aid the people working with planning and logging in our forests. We will develop employees with the right background and proficiency in nature conservation, but we will also recruit expertise from outside the company,” says Mats Sandgren. In addition to increasing resources, SCA is also investing in a thorough inventory of nature qualities in the company’s own forests.