Reindeer grazing in Vattme/Tjeggelvas on the lands of the Luokta-Mávas Sámi reindeer herding community. Anna-Maria Fjellström, CC BY-NC-ND Political debates about the future of forests in Sweden and the EU are reaching an impasse. Producing more wood comes at the expense of nature and the storage of carbon within trees and soils. Conserving and restoring more forests may limit commercial wood production. But it is important for both economists and conservationists to recognise how these forests