PM-3. Kalliojärvi, Lyly

Finding: logging in a forest of high conservation value allowed, presence of threatened species ignored.

A clearcut in the habitat of the regionally threatened three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) by the FPS in June 2000. Several hectares of the ornithologically valuable old spruce forest were clearcut by the FPS, and only a thin line of spruce trees was left as an ecological corridor.

Source of information: ornithologists, local nature conservation associations.

Probable buyers of the timber: UPM-Kymmene, Metsäliitto

Below: A threatened three-toed woodpecker looking out of its nest while machines of the Forest and Park Service are clearcutting its territory.

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>>> Case studies in Pirkanmaa

PM-1. Riponeva-Lakeiskangas, Virrat
PM-2. Pihlajistonkorpi, Ylöjärvi
PM-3. Kalliojärvi, Lyly
PM-4. Mulkovuoren Lautasuo, Längelmäki
PM-5. Kyperäniemi, Orivesi
PM-6. Rilankorpi, Orivesi
PM-7.Susitörmänmaa, Kuru
PM-8. Pääjärvi, Ikaalinen
PM-9. Suolijärvi, Kuru
PM-10. Läämänneva, Kuru