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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WWF urges Norway to protect its Arctic forests to help fight climate change
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
Fires continue to rage in forests and fields on Monday, and things have got so bad that rescue services will
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High-tech lasers to help Sweden build detailed maps of all its forests
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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Finland protects 3,000 new hectares of forest
The Environment Ministry’s centennial conservation programme made vast areas of Finland’s natural environment protected by law. The move is at
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Gloomy lingonberry forecast for northern Sweden
There will be a lot fewer lingonberries in the north of Sweden this year compared to last, according to the
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Warming climate lures new species to Finland
Paradoxically, climate change is boosting biodiversity among moths in Finland, as myriad new species are pushing northward as conditions become
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Mixed reactions in Finland to Paris climate accord
Nearly 200 world leaders celebrated an early Christmas in Paris Saturday after signing an unprecedented pact to limit global warming
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Cleaning up litter has expensive price tag in Finland
Spring has finally arrived in Finland, revealing massive amounts of waste that has accumulated along the motorways and in the
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Will Alaska’s weird winter be followed by equally strange summer?
After an odd Alaska winter of record-warm temperatures and pouring rain instead of snow, will summer be weird as well? While scientists
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Climate change a threat to moose in Sweden
Rising temperatures are a threat to Sweden’s moose (or European elk) population, writes the newspaper Kvällsposten. If global warming continues,
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Feature interview: finger pointed at Canada, Russia, for degradation of intact boreal forest
The latest satellite mapping analysis of the planet’s untouched forests by a group of organizations such as Greenpeace and the
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