Forest Pastures and Their Management in Finland Maarit Vainio, Kainuu Regional Environment Centre

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Problems in the management practices of wooded
pastures and grazed forests experiences from
Kainuu

• agri-environmental support is applied for
  commercially managed (grazed) forests (including
  clear-felled areas, even-sized young pine/spruce
  stands, ditchings etc.)
• grazing together with cultivated pastures
• supplementary fodder is given to the animals on
  the pasture

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• alternatives managing as grazed forest or
  clear-cutting?
• importance for biodiversity?

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• planting or natural invasion of spruce on
  (commercially unproductive) wooded pastures

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Problems in the restoration of overgrown
(abandoned) pastures

• insufficient clearing of brushwood
• insufficient removal of spruce

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• low grazing pressure sheep are seldom used
• timing of grazing