The purpose
of this report is to inform customers of the Finnish forest industry
as well as the consumers about the ecological sustainability of FFCS/PEFC
certification. The report concentrates on presenting concrete examples
of the ecologically detrimental practices of FFCS/PEFC certified forestry.
Examples of the main shortcomings of the Finnish certification system
from the point of view of Finnish environmental NGOs are summarised
on the chapter Examples of the shortcomings
of the Finnish Forest Certification System later in this web site.
When
the first Finnish PEFC-labelled products entered the market on November
22, 2000, Greenpeace Nordic and the Finnish Nature League decided
to assemble a report on the past logging activities and the current
logging plans in forests of high conservation value in five FFCS certified
Forestry Centres of Finland. Our main aim was to find out how the
new certificates affect the management of globally threatened old-growth
forests and other forests of high conservation value in Finland.
