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Reindeer grazing forests being logged in 2004 in Inari, North Finland, Sámi area: Paadarskaidi, Angeli

Area code in maps prepared by reindeer herders and NGOs: Inari 01, Muotkatunturi

Photos below: Finnish governmental forestry enterprise says that they do not clearcut in Northernmost Finland. They only do selective logging or thinning in 3-4 phases in every ten years. After every logging operation, there is less and less forest. And the end result after last round of logging is seen below.

For more information on the relation between reindeer herding livelihood and PEFC- certified forestry in Finland, see the >>> Anything Goes -report, Conflicts between forestry and reindeer herding -section