Most
of the unprotected old-growth forests in Finland are owned by
the state. State enterprise Forest and Park Service FPS manages
all the state owned forests including these unprotected old-growth
forests which are clearcutted among other forests.
Over
50 % of FPS´s annual timber sales are sold to forest giants
Stora Enso and UPM-Kymmene.
Other remarkable buyers of Forest and Park Service timber are
Vapo Timber ltd and Kuhmo ltd.
"In
1993 the Forest and Park Service published a special Forestry
Environment Guide on the basis of which the entire staff is schooled
to maintain and even increase biodiversity in all forestry practises.
Today this activity is regarded as 'caring for nature on a day-to-day
basis'." -Finnish Forest and Park Service, in leaflet
"Flexible Forestry"
These
photos and reports are telling about this 'caring for nature
on a day-to-day basis' by Forest and Park Service.
