NK-4. Kalettomanpuro, Kontiolahti

Finding: violation of the FFCS criterion 10: Preservation of key biotopes, violation of the FFCS criterion 28: Buffer zones for waterways and small waterbodies.

The flow of a brook and the natural state of the herb-rich swamp forest by the brook were seriously damaged in this privately owned forest area by heavy harvesters in 1999 or 2000 during logging practices.

Source of information: the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

 

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