A Rare Situation in Pieksämäki: Metsähallitus Froze Logging at the Request of Activists

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Metsähallitus stopped logging in Lake Kukkarojärvi in Pieksämäki, at least until endangered species are mapped in the area.

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The work was paused when activists from the Forest Movement and Elokapina peacefully appealed to the drivers of forestry machinery to save the forest and talked with them.

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Logging by Metsähallitus both began and stopped yesterday, Monday, October 26, in the Kukkarojärvi coastal forests in Pieksämäki, which are of significant natural and recreational value. The work was paused when activists from the Forest Movement and Elokapina peacefully appealed to the drivers of forest machines to save the forest and had a discussion with them.