On Saturday morning, the activists interviewed were about to go skiing on the fells. The demonstrators said they would again stop logging by Metsähallitus near the Aalistunturi protected area.
Demonstrators protesting against logging by Metsähallitus returned to the Aalistunturi area in Kolari today.
This Saturday morning, representatives of the so-called Forest Movement went skiing in the Aalal tundra. The protesters intend to stop the logging by Metsähallitus.
According to Korhonen, there are 14 demonstrators whose aim is to stop the forestry machines. On Saturday morning, Korhonen believed that they would “be carried out of the forest again”. Protesters have come to Aalistunturi from all over Finland
– Quite a large group is from Rovaniemi, says Korhonen.
According to Korhonen, there is also one person from Germany and one from Sweden.
Protesters stopped logging once before
Logging by Metsähallitus in the Aalistunturi area of \u200b\u200bKolar was interrupted once before. The protesters announced that they had stopped the logging in the night between Sunday and Monday. The protesters blocked the traffic for winter trucks made of snow for logging. According to Ida Korhonen, there were 15 protesters at that time.
On Tuesday evening, the police arrested the protesters, and they were taken to the police prison, i.e., to the Rovaniemi police station, so that the Metsähallitus could continue logging.
The police released the protesters on Wednesday. Demonstrators are suspected of violating control and fighting the police.
The fellings are close to the Aalistunturi nature reserve, which has been proposed for expansion. A national park has also been proposed for the area. Activists demand Metsähallitut to give up logging until the protection proposals have been processed in the Ministry of the Environment.
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