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A
p p e n d i x 2.
Forest
protection in southern Finland and Ostrobothnia
Published
by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, September 2000
Authors:
The working group on the need for forest protection in southern Finland
and Ostrobothnia.
Extracts
from the abstract of the report (translated by the Ministry of the
Environment):
The working
group on the need for forest protection in southern Finland and Ostrobothnia
investigated the state of forest protection in the south of Finland
and in the south and southwest of the Oulu and Lapland provinces,
and has suggested ways to improve protection.
(...)
The working
group believes that threatened forest species and forest species with
declining populations, whose natural distribution is concentrated
in the hemi-boreal, south-boreal or mid-boreal zones, are not protected
by the present network of protected areas in southern Finland and
Ostrobothnia. In these parts of Finland, additional protection is
needed, especially for herb-rich forests, rich heath forests, hardwood
swamps, forests in a natural or semi-natural state, and species dependent
on these habitats.
(...)
Objectives
presented by the working group (translated and summarised by the
Authors of this report):
New protection
areas and more coherent protection networks should be established.
The present
protection areas should be complemented and expanded by the addition
of rare or valuable areas, especially in the vicinity of present protection
areas.
The living
conditions of declining species should be enhanced, especially in
managed forests surrounding protection areas.
In the
long run, extensive and coherent protection networks should be established
around the present core areas using new protection areas, supportive
areas, buffer zones and ecological connections.
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