Finnish and Russian environmental groups have also joined forces to bring particular attention to the dynamic, biologically diverse greenbelt that occupies the border between the two countries. The greenbelt crosses three boreal zones, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the south to the Arctic Ocean in the north. Despite the unique ecological qualities of this area, logging in old-growth forests on both sides of the border is common, according to environmental groups. Put together, the inhabitants of these three regions constitute only 25 percent of the global population and yet consume roughly 75 percent of the world's paper supplies. This is only an abstract.
Old growth thins in the old country.
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