Finnish Paper Companies Delaying Logging - Ground Too Soft For Trucks - Reuters

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HELSINKI - One of Finland's top paper makers warned on Friday unusually warm weather was threatening production because loggers were waiting for muddy forest tracks to freeze before their trucks could reach stockpiles.

Many forest tracks -- which are usually frozen solid at this time of the year -- have been inaccessible to logging trucks because the ground was too soft, fine paper maker M-real said.

Forestry is a key industry for the Nordic country, making some 20 percent of its total exports. December was 6-8 degrees warmer than usual in Finland and the warmest since records began, the Finnish meteorological institute said.

But a thaw in a country renowned for its harsh winters has been playing havoc with supplies, M-real said. "The company is living from hand to mouth with its wood supply. Possibly we have to limit our (paper) production if the weather does not get colder," said Juha Mantyla, M-real's director for wood sourcing.

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1. There is some irony here. The rate we cut down trees is

shameful. And these people can't haul out the trees because of a weather related problem.

Wonder if it has anything to do with the rate we're cutting down all the forests worldwide.

Karma can be a bitch.

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3. Sadly, Finninsh paper is mainly, if not all, from plantation forests

Without access to this sustainable 'crop', the paper will be made from something else - say, old growth forests... :(

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That has NOTHING to do with what I said. Doesn't matter what trees

they are cutting down, there has just been too damn much of it.

Crap, I just want to scream on Thursdays when the 'ads' all come in the mail.

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4. That has NOTHING to do with what I said. Doesn't matter what trees

they are cutting down, there has just been too damn much of it.

Crap, I just want to scream on Thursdays when the 'ads' all come in the mail.

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5. I know how you feel...

...but we're not going to un-invent paper anytime soon: All we can do is cut out the crap stuff and be as responsible as possible about where the rest comes from (which is why this is a pisser.)

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8. newspaper used to be made from hemp.

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