Reports on Finnish Forestry certified by PEFC:

-ANYTHING GOES? (2001)

-ANYTHING GOES- FOLLOW UP (2001)

-POLICIES OF DESTRUCTION (2002)

-CERTIFYING EXTINCTION (2004)

 

ANYTHING GOES- REPORT 2001

ANYTHING GOES - FOLLOW UP-REPORT

 

POLICIES OF DESTRUCTION 2002

  • Policies of Destruction: Analysis on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the protection of forest ecosystems in Finland

    Protection measures have been strongly limited by economic demands and, in state forests, by profit targets that inhibit planning of reserve networks based on ecological grounds. Logging of high conservation value forests is allowed to continue despite strong scientific evidence against it. In Finland, “sustainability” of forestry still implies, first and foremost, sustainability in the supply of timber to the industry.
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POLICIES OF DESTRUCTION 2004

  • Policies of Destruction: Analysis on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the protection of forest ecosystems in Finland

    Protection measures have been strongly limited by economic demands and, in state forests, by profit targets that inhibit planning of reserve networks based on ecological grounds. Logging of high conservation value forests is allowed to continue despite strong scientific evidence against it. In Finland, “sustainability” of forestry still implies, first and foremost, sustainability in the supply of timber to the industry.
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