NK-3. Pyytivaara, Kontiolahti

Finding: violation of the FFCS criterion 10: Preservation of key biotopes, violation of the PEFC criterion 20: Retention trees are left on regeneration areas.

A privately owned old birch forest with slash-and-burn history was clearcut in the autumn of 1999. The logging of 4-5 hectares also affected the small waterways in the area. Many of the retention trees were felled in 2000 (see the photo animation below).

Source of information: the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

See the landscape change:

1) Forest / autumn 1999

2) Arter the logging / autumn 1999

3) Many of the retention trees felled / autumn 2000

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