%0 Article
%T The forest as a cultural landscape
%A Linkola, Matti
%D 1987
%J Silva Fennica
%V 21
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a15483
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5326
%X <p>The main features of the Finnish landscape are a result of&nbsp;preglacial&nbsp;erosion processes and the structural lines of the bedrock. The microstructure of the landscape was created by the Ice Age and its melting processes. Upon this base, human activities have created a palimpsest of cultural landscapes. The article describes the effects of slash-and-burn cultivation, tar production, cattle ranging and some other forest uses to the forest landscape.<span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>The paper is based on a lecture given in the seminar&nbsp;‘The forest as a Finnish cultural entity’, held in Helsinki in 1986. The PDF includes a summary in English.</p>