Finding:
Logging planned in a forest of high conservation value.
A clearcut
plan of about 20 hectares in old forests of high conservation value
in a state-owned Natura 2000 area. The logging by the Forest and Park
Service is planned to take place in between two protection areas.
An access road was prepared for logging in September 2000.
A report
on the need for forest protection in southern Finland was published
in September 2000 (appendix 2).
The evaluation was done by a working group of authorities and specialists,
and the forests of Evo are mentioned in the report as an example of
an area where the forest protection network should be developed. Particularly
the forests next to existing protection areas are considered to be
primary supplementary areas for protection.
The regionally
threatened three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) and
red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) nest in the planned
clearcut area; regionally threatened and near-threatened bracket fungi
have also been found.
Source
of information: FPS´s notification, discussions with the FPS,
discussions with University of Helsinki researches, field trips.
Probable
buyers of the timber: UPM-Kymmene, Metsäliitto
