Study: Little ones who destroy forests do not spread from protected areas to commercial forests

During the year, one hectare has spread to the protected areas in Finland, compared with 60,000 hectares of damage.

According to a study by the Natural Resources Center (Luke), the printing of nature reserves does not significantly increase the risk of trees in the surrounding forests.

The Luke report mapped the extent to which the protected areas may spread or have already spread to the pollutants in the surrounding commercial forests.

Between 2014 and 2024, seven cases in Finland have been identified and replaced in which the printing of printers could have begun and spread from the protected area to commercial forests.

For ten years, a total of about 160 cubic meters of wood have been compensated. According to Luke, it corresponds to about one hectare of forest felling.

According to Luke, in 2023, printing pursuits were observed in a total of more than 60,000 hectares in the inventory of the national forests.

Thus, the protected areas can be said to have spread one hectare of printing, compared with 60,000 hectares of damage.

In a protected area, destruction is a normal part of the forest ecosystem

According to Luke, there are significant misunderstandings in the prints of nature reserves.

In commercial forests, printers cause trees leading to financial losses, but nature reserves are about normal forest dysiticar. Especially in the protected areas, the death of spruce -olds grown up is a natural part of the dynamics of the forest ecosystem.

All cases in which the state has compensated the forest owner for damage to the protected area of \u200b\u200bthe destruction and how much of the felling of the Finnish Forest Center due to insect damage reported to the Finnish Forest Center is close to the protected areas.

For the study, targeted off -road inspections were also carried out and the related scientific research was compiled. The report was funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.