New national park proposed in Finnish Lapland
The environment ministry has proposed areas in Lapland and Kanta-Häme to become Finland’s next national parks. The Ministry of the
Read moreThe environment ministry has proposed areas in Lapland and Kanta-Häme to become Finland’s next national parks. The Ministry of the
Read moreA majority of people voting in a local referendum have said no to a wind park in a hilly, forested
Read moreIntensive logging is no longer permitted in the 3,000 square kilometres area now known as the Dvina-Pinega nature reserve. “Today,
Read moreCommercial clear-felling of trees is more harmful to fungi than forest fires, according to a recent doctoral thesis published at
Read moreFinland’s Natural Resources Institute (Luke) has revised its benchmark assessment of target carbon sink levels, after discovering an error in
Read moreFire has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Sweden in recent years, and now landowners are learning
Read moreOn a global scale, clear-cutting of forests has resulted in the extinction of hundreds of tree species. In Finland, more
Read moreThere are currently five major forestry-related projects underway in Finland driven, at least in part, by Chinese investment. That’s good
Read moreA new assessment of the status of Finland’s wildlife has concluded that 420 more species in the country can now
Read moreJust because it’s –30 C doesn’t mean the N.W.T. is safe from wildfires. Three person-caused wildfires were spotted near Fort
Read moreOne of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s first priorities in the Congress that begins Thursday is to pass a 680-page public
Read moreThe status of natural habitats in Finland has continued to deteriorate over the past decade with 48% of the nearly
Read moreForestry is a big industry in Finland and its seedling farms play a major role in keeping the sector alive
Read moreThree hundred large forest fires scorching 21,000 hectares of land but this summer’s intense heatwave triggered fewer fires than expected,
Read moreIn a report issued on Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasized the importance of forests as
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