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Old taiga forest in northwest Russia now a nature reserve

16 October 2019 11 h 14 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, Dvina-Pinega, forests, national parks, nature reserve

Intensive logging is no longer permitted in the 3,000 square kilometres area now known as the Dvina-Pinega nature reserve. “Today,

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Clear-cutting more harmful to mushrooms than forest fires, Finnish study finds

5 July 2019 16 h 01 min Yle News 0 Comments forest fires, forests, mushrooms, nature, wildfires, wildlife

Commercial clear-felling of trees is more harmful to fungi than forest fires, according to a recent doctoral thesis published at

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

10 June 2019 11 h 20 min — 14 June 2019 13 h 57 min Yle News 1 Comment climate change, forestry, forests, Natural Resources Institute

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

31 May 2019 10 h 56 min — 31 May 2019 16 h 40 min Lisen Elowson Tosting and Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden 0 Comments forest fires, forestry, forests, nature, Västmanland, wildfires

Fire has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Sweden in recent years, and now landowners are learning

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Most Finns would support restrictions on clear-cutting

16 May 2019 13 h 47 min Yle News 0 Comments climate change, forestry, forests, legislation

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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Can Finland’s forests withstand Chinese-driven growth?

20 March 2019 13 h 31 min Yle News 0 Comments China, exports, forestry, forests

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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Report lists hundreds more species as endangered in Finland

11 March 2019 11 h 14 min — 20 March 2019 13 h 26 min Yle News 0 Comments birds, endangered species, forests, habitat, mammals, wildlife

A new assessment of the status of Finland’s wildlife has concluded that 420 more species in the country can now

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Even in winter, campfires spark wildfires in northern Canada

11 January 2019 10 h 07 min CBC News 0 Comments drought, forest fires, forests, Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, NWT, wildfires

Just because it’s –30 C doesn’t mean the N.W.T. is safe from wildfires. Three person-caused wildfires were spotted near Fort

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Alaska’s Murkowski aims to revive public lands bill in U.S. Senate

3 January 2019 9 h 57 min Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, forests, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Lee, national parks, US Senate, Utah

One of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s first priorities in the Congress that begins Thursday is to pass a 680-page public

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Finland’s environment suffering from human activity, report says

18 December 2018 10 h 33 min Yle News 0 Comments Baltic Sea, climate change, ecosystems, endangered species, forests, nature, SYKE

The status of natural habitats in Finland has continued to deteriorate over the past decade with 48% of the nearly

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

31 October 2018 12 h 29 min — 31 October 2018 12 h 34 min Yle News 0 Comments climate change, conservation, forestry, forests, snow, weather

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 to support forest industry following historic summer wildfires

9 October 2018 14 h 37 min David Russell, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Dalarna, forest fires, forests, Gävleborg, Jämtland, natural disasters, wildfires

Three hundred large forest fires scorching 21,000 hectares of land but this summer’s intense heatwave triggered fewer fires than expected,

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Finnish minister still supports clearing forests for biofuels following UN climate report

9 October 2018 13 h 15 min — 9 October 2018 15 h 50 min Yle News 0 Comments biofuels, climate change, forests, IPCC, Renewables

In a report issued on Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasized the importance of forests as

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WWF urges Norway to protect its Arctic forests to help fight climate change

11 September 2018 12 h 09 min — 14 September 2018 11 h 47 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments boreal forests, climate change, conservation, emissions, forests, nature, Pasvik

The boreal forest is even more crucial for the world to store carbon than the tropical rainforest. At 68°N, Europe’s

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Wildfires ravage Sweden, Norwegian helicopters flown in for backup

16 July 2018 11 h 34 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, draught, fields, firefighters, forests, heat, nature, Norway

Fires continue to rage in forests and fields on Monday, and things have got so bad that rescue services will

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