Monitoring Current Status of and Trends in Boreal Forest Land Use in Russian Karelia

Some of the last remaining near-natural boreal forest landscapes in northern Europe can be found in the Russian Karelia near its border with Finland. Currently, these forests are facing strong exploitation pressure in the form of extensive clearcuts. Demand for conservation is also high. We characte...

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Main Authors: Charles Burnett, Andrew Fall, Erkki Tomppo, Risto Kalliola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2003-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol7/iss2/art8/