Karelia

Researchers from Finnish and Canadian institutions (Burnett, Fall, Tomppo, and Kalliola) used SELES to analyze rapid deforestation in Russian Karelia during 2000–2001. The study combined dynamic patch models simulating clear-cut logging patterns (5–10 hectares) with static landscape metrics assessing forest fragmentation over multiple time periods, using Landsat satellite imagery. The analysis projected that near-natural forest in the study area would remain only in zones set aside for conservation within roughly 50 years. Findings were published in Ecology & Society (2003).

Adapted from the SELES wiki.