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’In forest, trees, elks and bears are big, but to see almost any of the rest, you need a magnifying glass.’

’We have the knowledge, we have the understanding and we have the tools to correct our way of life within the limits set by ecology.’

'But we must make a choice: is it forest carbon sinks or storages we want to increase.'

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Cultivation and care

Did you know that micro-organisms learned to decompose lignin only some 300 million years ago. After that the production of black coal has decreased significantly. Read more from Cultivation and care -- forestry and biodiversity, the new book written by Seppo Vuokko.

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