Landowners can now get money for marsh restoration

The new model encourages landowners to cooperate and extensive restoration.

In Central Ostrobothnia, the Finnish Carbon Exchange company, which has previously been restored, is trying the new model.

It has paid private landowners for restoring and converting mires into protected areas. According to the company, this is the first protection compensation paid to a private landowner.

So far, the company has restored the call in Central Ostrobothnia with the support of companies.

Compensation also encourages owners to cooperate and large areas of restoration, as the larger area will provide greater compensation per hectare.

The owner can also get better compensation from the woody swamp.

For example, if the landowner has 20 hectares of Kitumu and 10 hectares of forest land, a total of 30 hectares to be restored, he will be reimbursed EUR 68 per hectic and € 221 from the forest hectare, the company will illustrate.

The company estimates that in Finland, about 1-3 million hectares have been drained due to forestry.

During restoration, the water is restored to the marsh by blocking the ditches with an excavator and removing the trees. Landowners receive the sale of trees for themselves.

Once the restoration has been made, a private conservation decision is sought for the marsh. This ensures that the marsh will continue to remain.

The carbon exchange company specializes in the restoration of marshes. It was born in 2018 as a project of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, but later separated into its own company.