O-1. Forests surrounding Lauttasuo Natura 2000 area, Taivalkoski

Finding: old-growth forest logging allowed.

Tens of hectares of state-owned forest were logged in the autumn 2000. In the old-growth forest inventory carried out by the Forest and Park Service in mid-1990's the area was considered to be conservationally valuable.

The Lauttasuo Protected Area, which has also been proposed for the Natura 2000 network, is situated in the middle of the site. The forests surrounding the protected area which have characteristics similar to the protected forests were not given any special status in the landscape ecological planning carried out by the FPS.

The logging of these patches has reduced the vitality of the protected forest as well as that of its ecological connections.

Source of information: inventory reports and logging maps given by the FPS

Probable buyer of the timber: StoraEnso

 

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O-1 Forests surrounding Lauttasuo Natura 2000 area, Taivalkoski
O-2. Koivuvaara, Taivalkoski
O-3. Kylkivaara, Taivalkoski
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