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Finland is considering restrictions on things like lakeside cottage construction in an effort to protect the endangered saimaa seal. (iStock)
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Saimaa ringed seal nest count begins in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 08:00
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The annual count of endangered Saimaa ringed seal nests has begun. The count aims to provide an estimate of how

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NGOs seek stricter fishing rules to protect Finland’s endangered Saimaa seals

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 11:32
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New regulations have been proposed to restrict fishing in the habitat of the endangered Saimaa seals, one of the world’s

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Canada announces $1.43 million for Inuit protected and conserved area on Hudson Bay island chain

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 16:46
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The Canadian government announced on Thursday that they’ll invest $1.43 million in the creation of an Indigenous Protected and Conserved

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Finland is considering restrictions on things like lakeside cottage construction in an effort to protect the endangered saimaa seal. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Saimaa seal population believed to have grown in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 10:50
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Mild weather and melting ice cover disrupted the spring count, but more pups may have been born than the year

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Feds invests $3.2 million in Indigenous-managed watershed program in northern Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2020 at 09:10
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The Canadian government will invest $3.2 million in the Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area in the Canadian province of

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Finland’s endangered Saimaa ringed seal population reaches 400

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 16:07
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Conservationists have succeeded in smashing a target for numbers of the rare and severely endangered Saimaa ringed seal, with more

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Inuit artists criticize Canada’s Green Party leader for opposing commercial seal trade

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 11:12
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Two prominent Inuit artists say Canada’s Green Party leader Elizabeth May is being “hypocritical” by claiming to support Indigenous rights

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Finnish petition to ban fishing nets in endangered seal habitats gathers 50,000 signatures

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 11:20
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A citizens’ initiative calling for a total ban on fishing nets in habitats used by the endangered Saimaa ringed seal

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Fishing ban lifted near habitat of endangered ringed seals in southeast Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 15:37
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The annual springtime ban on fishing with nets on Lake Saimaa in southeast Finland ended on Monday. Saimaa is the

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Unique freshwater Alaska seals require special conservation efforts, study finds

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 10:53 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 15:38
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New research on the United States’ only known population of freshwater seals has found they’re unique, suggesting special conservation efforts

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Thin ice hampers survey of rare seal dens in southeast Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 14:21
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Researchers tracking the endangered Saimaa seal population of the Finnish lake district (southeast Finland) say that conditions are good for

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Deep snowbanks bode well for Finland’s rare Saimaa seals

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 12:15 — Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 13:40
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The endangered Saimaa seals of eastern Finland may be able to nest this spring without human help. In recent years

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Finland’s endangered Saimaa seal population climbing back

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 15:00
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The population of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal has risen to 392 individuals in Finland, according to the Ministry of

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:52
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Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Polar bears greatly exposed to toxic chemicals in eastern Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 13:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 13:12
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Polar bears following the sea ice in hunt for seals have a 30-35% higher concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances compared to

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