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In the inventory of old-growth forests of Northern Finland, Koivuvaara was regarded as "A-area", the natural values of which were to be maintained by the means of the landscape ecological planning (ELP). ELP protected few narrow corridors scattered around the area. The state enterprise Forest and Park Service outlined the corridors by logging the surroundings in September 1999. Timber from Koivuvaara (Suomussalmi municipality in Eastern Finland) was purchased by StoraEnso and UPM-Kymmene. |
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Logging old-growth forests is short-sighted stupidity and simply wrong. If you agree or are puzzled by the pictures in these pages, please, do not hesitate to contact the new Finnish minister for environment and the logger Forest and Park Service. You can also tell your opinion to the buyers:click the images below. See also: OGF-logging in Raatikanvaara
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Logging
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Photos by the Finnish Nature League 1999 |
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Finnish
forestry in 1999: |
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