Maps supporting the paper: Aakala, T., Kulha, N, Kuuluvainen T. 2023. Human impact on forests in early 20th century Finland. Landscape Ecology.

Series of maps used in the analysis of human impact on forests of Finland in the early 20th century. Contains the following geopackages (each one in EPSG:3067 (ETRS89/TM35FIN(E,N))): <br> railroads_1925.gpkg - location of railroads, digitized from Witting R 1928. Atlas of Finland. Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura, Helsinki. <br> population_1925.gpkg - distribution of population in 1925 as points. The field "Asukkaita2" shows the number of people each point represents. Map digitized from Witting R 1928. Atlas of Finland. Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura, Helsinki. <br> parishes_1902.gpkg - parishes of Finland in 1905, as polygons. Map digitized from: Siirtolaisuustilasto. Siirtolaisuus vuosina 1900-1902. Suomen Virallinen tilasto XXVIII. <br> state_forests_1925.gpkg - location of state-owned forests in 1925. Map digitized from Witting R 1928. Atlas of Finland. Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura, Helsinki. <br> slash_and_burn.gpkg - map describing how common / widespread slash-and-burn agriculture was in Finland. Field "kaskimaita" quantifies the share of the area used for slash-and-burn cultivation, field "kasket1860" the commonness of the practice in 1860, and "kasket1913" the commonness of the practice in 1913. For interpretation of the classes, see Heikinheimo O (1915) Kaskiviljelyn vaikutus Suomen metsiin. Acta Forestalia Fennica 4:1–264. Available online: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/1975/8408/acta_1919_4(2)_heikinheimo_referat.pdf?sequence=4 <br> <br> <br>