FO5 Forest roads

A Forest road is a road that has been built to provide access for forestry related vehicles into forest areas that were previously difficult to reach by heavy machinery. The building of new forest roads is subsidised by the government. Many other roads than purpose-built forest roads serve as access roputes into forests.


A) Lenght of forest roads (km)

Year
New roads
per year
Total length of forest roads
   Year
New roads
per year
Total length of forest roads
1950
243
243
   1981
3 648
62 750
1951
184
427
   1982
4 661
67 411
1952
303
730
   1983
4 316
71 727
1953
323
1 053
   1984
4 827
76 554
1954
464
1 517
   1985
3 945
80 499
1955
484
2 001
   1986
3 938
84 437
1956
630
2 631
   1987
3 714
88 151
1957
717
3 348
   1988
3 827
91 978
1958
643
3 991
   1989
3 822
95 800
1959
698
4 689
   1990
3 287
99 087
1960
773
5 462
   1991
3 715
102 802
1961
935
6 397
   1992
3 650
106 452
1962
1 127
7 524
   1993
4 001
110 453
1963
1 310
8 834
   1994
2 970
113 423
1964
1 224
10 058
   1995
2 569
115 992
1965
1 573
11 631
   1996
1 842
117 834
1966
1 590
13 221
   1997
1 952
119 786
1967
2 109
15 330
   1998
1 676
121 462
1968
2 779
18 109
   1999
1 858
123 320
1969
2 710
20 819
   2000
1 385
124 705
1970
2 729
23 548
   2001
1 604
126 309
1971
2 537
26 085
   2002
1 306
127 615
1972
2 963
29 048
   2003
977
128 592
1973
2 940
31 988
   2004
831
129 423
1974
2 305
34 293
   2005
790
130 213
1975
3 750
38 043
   2006
793
131 006
1976
3 732
41 775
   2007
852
131 858
1977
4 361
46 136
   2008
826
132 684
1978
4 432
50 568
   2009
857
133 541
1979
4 009
54 577
   2010
740
134 281
1980
4 525
59 102
   2011
652
134 933
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