波罗的海区域,指围绕波罗的海的9个国家所组成的一个联合区域,包含瑞典、俄罗斯、丹麦、德国、波兰、芬兰、爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚、立陶宛。这一区域北部有着丰富的森林资源,是世界上森林覆盖率最高、林业产业最发达的区域之一。其中瑞典、芬兰和俄罗斯的西北部占据着其中80%的森林。这里是世界上主要的木制品出口区域,有着高度集约化管理的森林。然而,非法采伐、盗伐森林资源在波罗的海区域一度很猖獗。2003年进行的一 The Baltic Sea region refers to a joint region of 9 countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, including Sweden, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The northern part of this region is rich in forest resources and is one of the regions in the world with the highest forest coverage and the most developed forestry industry. Among them, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s northwest occupy 80% of the forest. Here is the world’s major wood product export area, with highly intensively managed forests. However, illegal logging and illegal logging were once rampant in the Baltic Sea. One carried out in 2003