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FORESTS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The sites below give some information about selected aspects of forests and forestry in Norway. They are aimed to give a view of complexity of forest ecosystems and its managment, forest resources in Norway biodiversity and nature protection. They will serve as a source of information about forests in Norway in Contest "Young People in European Forests".

	FOREST CHARACTERISTIC AND FOREST TYPES   It is very difficult to give SHORT characteristic of Norwegian forest. It looks like a joke, but it is because Norway is LONG country. Its length, almost meridional, exceed 2 thousands kilometres. Such shape brings effects in country natural conditions.
	TYPICAL AND EXCEPTIONAL FAUNA AND FLORA SPECIES IN FORESTS Due to the large latitudinal range of the country and the varied topography and climate, Norway has a larger number of different habitats than almost any other European country.
	FORMS OF NATURE PROTECTION SUCH AS NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE 2000 SITES This accounts for 12.1 % of Norway's mainland area. The Norwegian government aims to increase this area over time to at least 15 %.
	ORGANIZATION OF FORESTRY Forests and other wooded land cover approximately 37 per cent, or 119,000 km2, of the Norwegian mainland. Of this, almost 23 per cent, or approximately 72,000 km2 is regarded as productive forest.

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