Sweden has a gigantic forest products industry, and its national forestry agency claims their operations to be the most sustainable in the world. However, the truth on the ground is that the industry relies heavily on clearcutting natural forests, many of which are quite old, and replanting those with monocultures of trees, some of which are non-native. The story interviews photojournalist Marcus Westberg and National Geographic Explorer Staffan Widstrand, who are active under the banner of Skogsmisbruket, an awareness raising project on Swedish forestry. “Only 3% of Sweden’s forestry doesn’t involve clear-cutting. That should be pretty shocking to anyone who hears it, given Sweden’s reputation as a leader of so-called green practices,” they say in the interview. This is made possible in part by the Swedish forestry model, which allows companies to police their own practices toward ensuring good ecological and social outcomes, which most of the time don’t happen.