The vast majority of Finland's valuable old-growth is owned by the state and logged by the state-owned company Metsähallitus. Metsähallitus' logging practices include clearcutting, logging in habitats of threatened and vulnerable species and logging in areas of special scenic or cultural value - including areas that are critical for the reindeer herding of the indigenous Sami people.
Clipreel features footage of old growth forests in winter, reindeer herds in forest, Sami family and their reindeer, logged forest areas, logging by Metsahallitus loggers, log trucks enroute to mills, paper and pulp mills of Kemi and Kemijarvi and soundbites from Matti Liimatainen, Greenpeace Nordic forest campaigner and the Finnish Minister for Forestry and Agriculture Juha Korkeaoja.