NordicForests.org is a new website about unprotected High Conservation Value Forests under threat in Norway, Sweden and Finland from the Taiga Rescue Network.

There are 22,9 million hectares of forests (forest and scrublands) in Finland and they cover some 75% of the total land area. Strictly protected forests cover 4,5 % of the forest land, and if the scrub lands are included, the total number is 8 %. Forests are the most important ecosystem for the endangered species. 564 species (37,5 %) of all endangered species live in forests.

– An assesment of the revised standards of the Finnish forest certification system Read the report ”Finland’s forests are among the most intensively managed in the world. Over 50 million cubic metres of wood are harvested every year from the country’s 20 million hectares of commercial forests. The Finnish forest management model has resulted in the rapid conversion of natural forests [...]