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Sivættjønn Habitat Forest is located in Åmli, Agder county, Norway, and covers 3,799 daa. The total discounted climate benefit is estimated at 5,789 tonnes CO2 (project ID FHF-0079-01).

Källmyrskogen, in northern Jämtland, Sweden, is described as a forest where time moves slowly, set in landscapes of wide lowland bogs teeming with birdlife, river valleys once used for timber floating, and rugged mountain ridges marking the border with Norway. The region is home to Sweden's densest bear population.

Kloppmyra is a large spruce and pine forest in Nord-Odal, right outside Eidsvoll, spanning 529 daa with young and old trees, downfall and dead wood. It includes multiple mires with a high carbon stock and serves as habitat for large game wildlife as well as multiple species of birds of prey.

Kvistaul is a lush, old and natural-looking spruce-dominated forest in Åmotsdal, Seljord, at 600-700 m elevation, with grand spruces over 140 years old and deciduous trees including Norway maple. Maple used by the Italian violin makers Stradivari and Guarneri likely came from similar forests, and according to legend the 1830s fiddle virtuoso Myllarguten learned to play the hardingfiddle from the Fossagrim here in the 1820s.

Ruggvikknutane is located in Åmli in Agder county, 100 km north of Kristiansand, in a municipality inseparably linked to the beaver (Castor fiber), which features on its coat of arms. During the sailing-ship era large volumes of timber were harvested here for shipbuilding and export.

Sæteråsen, near Harstad, is celebrated as Fossagrim's first Arctic Habitat Forest, in a region with more than 3,000 years of settlement history that served as a Viking Age political and religious center. Historically dominated by birch and broadleaf forests, the area was planted with Norway spruce during Norway's 1940s national reforestation program, and those forests have since matured.

Stemmetjønn Habitat Forest lies in Tokke, Telemark, a region tied to Norway's skiing heritage and to a Viking-age trade in whetstones. Due to its terrain the forest has traditionally been only lightly managed, leaving old trees and deadwood habitats of high ecological and cultural value.

Stitjønna lies in Søgne on the coast just west of Kristiansand and is named after a small lake at the crossroads of much-travelled hiking paths; the area is also known for the Søgnekvinnen, the oldest human remnant found in Norway, a stone-age woman who lived there almost 10,000 years ago. The project forest consists of three separate areas with pine-covered hills and lower terrain holding spruce and at least 13 hardwood species, with trees mostly 100-150 years old and a juniper aged 250-300 years.

Storebjerten is a consolidation of the preservation areas previously called Bjertberget and Steinsjoen, located in inland southern Norway. The 1,337 daa forest contains old-forest remnants of spruce and pine with broadleaf elements in lower terrain, providing habitat for capercaillie, black woodpecker and red squirrel.

Stugudalen takes its name from Stufra, the old name of the river connecting Stugusjøen and Mosjøen in Tydal, about 75 km southeast of Trondheim. The area shows evidence of human presence from before 1500 BC, and farms have existed here since the Viking Age.

Vehusnuten Habitat Forest lies in Åmotsdal, Seljord, in Telemark, adjacent to the Kvistaul Habitat Forest at 600-700 m elevation, in an area with cultural significance tied to Norway's hardingfiddle tradition. The 2,116 daa forest is dominated by mature spruce, with interspersed deciduous trees and a rich understory.