Natural Resources Institute Finland's study shows that an increasing number of threatened species inhabits UPM's clearcut areas
(UPM, Helsinki, 28 November 2023 at 8.00 EET) – According to a study by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), regeneration areas can provide habitats for rare and threatened species that depend on decaying wood, and the occurrence of these species can be increased via ecological forest management measures. In UPM-owned forest regeneration areas, the amount of coarse decaying wood has clearly increased in recent decades supporting the diversity of decaying wood dependent species. In the study areas that were regenerated between 2012 and 2018, the average volume of deadwood was