Ongoing clearcutting in old-growth forests
February 1998
Southern Finland

Scandinavian style

SCANDINAVIAN STYLE

Logging by governmental Forest and Park Service. Clearcutting in oId-growth forests near Talaskangas-nature protection area started on January 1998. Habitats of endangered Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus) were clearcutted.

State owned old-growth forests and mires near Talaskangas area were proposed to be added on the EU Natura 2000 -protection programme by Finnish environmental organisations.

Despite of its promise, governmental enterprise Forest and Park Service did not plan loggings with its own nature protection unit nor with Regional Environment Centre.

Old-growth forest to be clearcutted soon

Old trees on the edge of logging site

Photos by the Finnish Nature League 1998 / Kalle Ruokolainen