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Finland clear-cuts forests at accelerating rate
Forestry in Finland has been so intensive and harsh, that even formerly common forest species, like Willow Tit, are in trouble. In 2015 it was classified as vulnerable on the Red List because of population declines.
Finnish government wants to increase wood harvests by nearly 25 %. This will further reduce forest biodiversity and carbon sink […]
The Lesser White-Fronted Geese Wedding
A new publication of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Life project is online.
Includes also a cartoon: The Lesser White-Fronted Greece Wedding
Fishy Cartoons Exhibition
Cartoons by Seppo Leinonen in the Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki until 15th October 2017 – Now provided with English translations!
Are you familiar with ruff, bullhead and ninespine stickleback? There are lots of funny fishes in Finland, which many of us have never seen. The exhibition by cartoonist Seppo Leinonen in the café […]
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Tagged biodiversity, cartoons, conservation, endangered species, fishes, fishing, humour, invasive species, lakes and seas, overfishing, rivers
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Wetland is a water bank
Wetlands help to cope with floodings and other extreme weather events.
World Wetlands Day: 2th February 2017.
More info & material in English, Spanish and French.
Cartoon in Spanish:Cartoon in French:Cartoon in Arabic:Cartoon in Greek:
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Tagged biodiversity, birds, bugs, climate, conservation, fishes, floogings, lakes and seas, nature, ramsar, wetland
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One Million Bird Boxes!
The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle launched the One Million Bird Boxes campaign at the beginning of March 2016. The idea is to attach one million new bird boxes to Finnish trees by the end of May 2017. The campaign has got an excellent start. After three weeks over 300 000 nest boxes have already been […]
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Tagged biodiversity, bird box, bird house, birds, conservation, nest box, outdoors
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