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
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Referendum rejects wind farm in Swedish municipality
A majority of people voting in a local referendum have said no to a wind park in a hilly, forested
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Old taiga forest in northwest Russia now a 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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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