Finding:
old-growth forest logging planned.
There
are logging plans for winter 2000/2001, but no exact information available.
According
to studies ordered by the FPS and performed
by environmental authorities, the area is considered to be of exceptional
value for threatened species. Dozens of threatened and near-threatened
species were found in the area. Parts of the area have been found
to be a habitat for the threatened flying squirrel (Pteromys volans).
The flying squirrel is a species specially protected by the European
Union.
In the
conclusions of the studies the fragmentation of the area by logging
is considered to have extensive negative impact. The most recent logging
by the FPS took place in the winter of 2000.
Source
of information: discussions with the FPS, reports
by environmental authorities.
Probable
buyers of the timber: StoraEnso, UPM-Kymmene.
