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New national park proposed in Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 10:43
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The environment ministry has proposed areas in Lapland and Kanta-Häme to become Finland’s next national parks. The Ministry of the

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Referendum rejects wind farm in Swedish municipality

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 09:09 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 09:10
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A majority of people voting in a local referendum have said no to a wind park in a hilly, forested

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Old taiga forest in northwest Russia now a nature reserve

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 11:14
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

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

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 16:01
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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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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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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Report lists hundreds more species as endangered in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2019 at 11:14 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 13:26
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Even in winter, campfires spark wildfires in northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 10:07
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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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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

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

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 09:57
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finland’s environment suffering from human activity, report says

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 10:33
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The status of natural habitats in Finland has continued to deteriorate over the past decade with 48% of the nearly

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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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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Sweden to support forest industry following historic summer wildfires

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 14:37
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

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

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 13:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 15:50
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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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