Before and after clearcutting
A butchered landscape
Forests store plenty of carbon
Only a fraction is protected
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The clearcut is about 23 hectares, and the forest grew here before logging was a coniferous forest with a large proportion of deciduous trees. There are now quite extensive driving damages on and part of the clearcut covers woodland key habitat. Despite the presence of various red-listed species and other rare species, the forest was logged by the small-scale forestry.

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The clearcut is about 23 hectares, and the forest grew here before logging was a coniferous forest with a large proportion of deciduous trees. There are now quite extensive driving damages on and part of the clearcut covers woodland key habitat. Despite the presence of various red-listed species and other rare species, the forest was logged by the small-scale forestry.

Frame 53 – A

The clearcut is about 23 hectares, and the forest grew here before logging was a coniferous forest with a large proportion of deciduous trees. There are now quite extensive driving damages on and part of the clearcut covers woodland key habitat. Despite the presence of various red-listed species and other rare species, the forest was logged by the small-scale forestry.

Frame 53 – A

The clearcut is about 23 hectares, and the forest grew here before logging was a coniferous forest with a large proportion of deciduous trees. There are now quite extensive driving damages on and part of the clearcut covers woodland key habitat. Despite the presence of various red-listed species and other rare species, the forest was logged by the small-scale forestry.

Facts

FSC and PEFC are examples of certifications that aim to create an environmentally sound forestry. Read more about FSC and PEFC.

As you can see in the 3D-models, a clear-cut forest land might consist of several areas next to each other where the trees have ben felled at different times but, still, within a short period of time. Humans and the species who live there experience the clear-cut forest land as one area.