Stamps Wiki:EUROPA2021/11

Sweden

Precious Nature

14 January 2021

PostNord issued a stamp set as part of the EUROPA 2021 theme to raise awareness on Endangered Wildlife.

The coil stamp from the issue features the European Green Toad.

In recent years, the European Green Toad has gone from vulnerable to critically endangered status and there are now only a few remaining in the Skåne och Blekinge regions. Eutrophication and drainage are two of several reasons for its decline. In order to save the species in Sweden, European Green Toads are bred to be transplanted, but it is also necessary to restore and preserve the habitat in which the toads live