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NEWS RELATED TO RUSSIA

2000

March 30 Opinion poll in Karelia According to an opinion poll made in Russian Karelia the problems with the Karelian forest sector are due to exporting the best timber to Finland at low price. People are also eager to protect more forests >>> Read the results of the poll

March 14 Metsäliitto bought wood from a Russian company logging in a planned protection area in the Murmansk region According to the Kola Scientific Centre and local NGOs, Finnish forest company Metsäliitto purchased at least 12 000 cubic meters of timber from the planned Lapland Forest protection area. >>> Press release

1999

June 14 "The Finnish Forest Industry in Russia - on the Thorny Path Towards Ecological and Social Responsibility" - report has just been published. >>> Read the report.

April 9 Old-growth forest wood from Russian moratorium areas to Finland Moratorium expanding towards east in Archangel, Komi and Vologda regions >>> Press release

1998

September 17 Serious violation of the Karelian old-growth forest logging moratorium Road being built into the Paanajärvi wilderness >>> Press release /// Photos, maps and background info

 


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