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A p p e n d i x 9 . A response to the planned loggings in the Naruska-Tuntsa area Translated by the authors of this report
The North Salla reindeer herding co-operative has taken up a negative attitude towards the Naruska-Tuntsa loggings. Justifications: There are around 5000 winter grazing reindeer in the co-operative, out of which some 300 (6% of the total herd) receive supplementary feeding. Most of the reindeer obtain their food from natural pastures all year long. The reindeer herding of the collective is based on the use of natural pastures. In late winter, about 2/3 of the reindeer (...) graze in the concerned spruce forests of the Tuntsa area. (...) The beard-lichen containing spruce forests of the Tuntsa area are located in the Kuusivaara-Auermavaara-Moukavaara area. Beard lichen are also found in the east, in the spruce forests along the slopes of Sorsatunturi and Kuusikoiva-Saapakoiva-Kaunisoiva, in the areas of Palovuonnelo and Tornevuonnelo, as well as in Aitatsivaara and Siuloiva. The loggings of these areas endanger the natural grazing cycle of the reindeer, and make it more difficult for them to find food in the spring. It is desirable that the loggings be concentrated in already managed areas such as Ritavaara-Petäjävaara-Suoltijoki, young pine forests, and naturally regenerating sapling stands. Significant tracts of forest within the area of the co-operative have already been managed, and their capacity for regeneration has been weak, especially in the Tuntsa area. Furthermore, the Tuntsa forest fire area is a good example of forest regeneration in the region.
Salla, 22.6.1998 The board of the North Salla reindeer herding co-operative |