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Pan European Forest Clearcutting: PEFC-certified old-growth forest destruction in Finland 2003

March 2003. Ahvenvaara, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia-region.

Site included in the Taiga Rescue Network - The Old-growth Forests of Boreal Europe -maps

Clearcut in old-growth forest by governmental forestry enterprise Metsahallitus. Biggest customers of Metsahallitus are StoraEnso, UPM-Kymmene and M-Real.

Some old-growth forest loggings in Finland in winter 2003: Paljakkapuro / Elatti / Raatevaara / Kivilamminvaara / Kurikkavaara / Kuurnanvaara / Matovaara

Some old-growth forest loggins in 2002: Harjala / Hämeenvaara / Honkanen / Umpinainen / Jannepuro / Katajasuo

See also: Anything Goes - report about logging in 2001

 

Hundreds of yeasr old ancient trees left in the logging site Sustainable certified small-scale Finnish forestry
Sustainable small-scale ecological certified Finnish forestry