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Metsä Group to build €1.6bn pulp mill in Kemi in northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 12, 2021 at 09:19
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The new bioproducts mill will be the largest single investment ever made by the forest industry in Finland. Forest products

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Commercial herding: cap on reindeer numbers shouldn’t change, Finnish gov experts say

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:07
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Over the past year, a working group at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been examining the future of

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland must further reduce logging to preserve carbon sink, environmental institute says

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 10, 2019 at 11:20 — Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2019 at 13:57
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Finland’s Natural Resources Institute (Luke) has revised its benchmark assessment of target carbon sink levels, after discovering an error in

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Study on Swedish wildfires shows how to make forests rise from the ashes

Lisen Elowson Tosting and Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 10:56 — Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 16:40
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Fire has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Sweden in recent years, and now landowners are learning

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Paper mill in northern Finland confirms hundreds of layoffs

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 14:35
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Finnish-Swedish forest industry firm Stora Enso has confirmed that it is shedding 365 jobs at its Oulu Mill, in northern

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Most Finns would support restrictions on clear-cutting

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 13:47
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On a global scale, clear-cutting of forests has resulted in the extinction of hundreds of tree species. In Finland, more

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Can Finland’s forests withstand Chinese-driven growth?

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 13:31
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There are currently five major forestry-related projects underway in Finland driven, at least in part, by Chinese investment. That’s good

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Paper mill in northern Finland will cut up to 400 jobs

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019 at 14:12
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Finnish-Swedish forest industry firm Stora Enso announced on Monday that it plans to sharply downsize operations at its Oulu Mill,

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Finland’s pulp industry shows record results

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 15:02
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The pulp industry has been thriving for the past decade. Prices, production volumes and exports have all shown a steady

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Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finnish energy sector’s emissions dropping sharply: report

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2018 at 15:47
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Emissions from electricity and district heating production are taking a nosedive thanks to policy measures aimed at fighting climate change,

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finland ninth, Sweden first in EU climate efforts: enviro group

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 11:01 — Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2018 at 11:43
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Among 28 European Union countries, Finland is ranked ninth in efforts to combat climate change, says Climate Action Network (CAN).

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Climate change casts doubt on future of Finland’s forest industry

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 12:29 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 12:34
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Forestry is a big industry in Finland and its seedling farms play a major role in keeping the sector alive

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Sweden's 'outdoor access rights' have been translated into several languages to encourage immigrants to explore nature. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

High-tech lasers to help Sweden build detailed maps of all its forests

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2018 at 09:53
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A laser-scan of all the forests in Sweden is about to be made, a process that will take seven years,

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Swedish firefighters control forest fire sparked by machinery

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:44
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The prolonged spell of hot, dry weather has sparked the first large forest fire of the summer with emergency services

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Ecologists and researchers call for increase of controlled burning of Finnish forests

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 15:42 — Last Updated: Friday, April 21, 2017 at 15:59
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Finland has a long tradition of burning the top layer of forest underbrush after logging, to replenish the ground for

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