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It is hoped that the named seal will raise awareness of seals.

The female seal previously known by University of Eastern Finland seal researchers as Phs196 has been renamed.

The idea is the brainchild of the Parliament’s Love Saimaa group, who, when they found a suitable seal, named her Mrs President.

According to the researchers, Mrs President has been known since 2015 and all sightings of her have been made within a radius of about seven kilometres of Saimaa’s Haukvede. According to researchers, it has given birth to at least two sextuplets, at least one of which has survived to adulthood.

Environment and Climate Minister Maria Ohisalo (Greens/EFA) commented on the agreement reached in Montreal to halt the loss of biodiversity.

The United Nations Conference on Nature in Montreal, Canada, has reached agreement on negotiations to set international targets to halt biodiversity loss.

Among other things, the nearly 200 countries involved in the treaty agreed to protect 30% of the world’s land and sea surface by 2030. Read more in our story here:

– Now we have achieved a truly historic result, which perhaps many people did not even dare to expect. Of course, we hoped for the best.

In addition to protection, the parties commit to ensure that at least 30 percent of the world’s land and sea areas are within the scope of restoration in 2030. Ohisalo also considers it important to agree that efforts should be made to reduce financing that is harmful to nature.

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Ohisalo on the agreement to halt biodiversity loss: a historic result that many may not have dared to expectRead More »

The Löytynsuo area is planned as part of a major expansion of Lake Tiilikkajärvi National Park.

The forest company Tornator and the North Savo Environment Centre have agreed on the exchange of land in the Tiilikkajärvi National Park extension area. The North Savo Environment Centre will provide information on the matter.

Tornator Oyj and the North Savo Environment Centre have agreed to exchange the 1 330 hectare Löytynsuo site in the municipality of Rautavaara. The Löytynsuo area is planned as part of a major expansion of the Lake Tiilikkajärvi National Park. In exchange, Tornator will receive forestry land from the state.

Most of the area is already part of the Tornator Private Nature Reserves, which have already been established by the Nature Conservation Act. At the same time, 111 hectares of valuable wetland areas from Ilomants included in the proposal to supplement the Tornator peatland protection will be transferred to the state.

In connection with the land exchange, a total of 177 hectares will be transferred to nature conservation as new areas. The Löytynsuo area is a diverse ensemble of open and wooded bogs that have been largely undrained, which also has natural old forest and small forest islands.

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Tornator Forestry Company and the Finnish Forestry Agency agree on the exchange of land in the extension area of Lake Tiilikkajärvi National Park: the Löytynsuo area to the stateRead More »

The Seismological Institute confirmed on Monday morning that an earthquake was detected in Kotka.

In Kotka and Pyhtää, many people woke up in the middle of the night to a banging noise.

The map of the Institute of Seisomology shows an unclassified observation near Petäjäsuo in Kotka.

The event was detected by an automatic detection system at around half past one on Sunday night and Monday night, and the system determined the magnitude to be 2.0 magnitude.

During the morning, the strength of the earthquake was defined as 1.8 magnitude.

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The escape of seven chimpanzees from Gävle’s Furuviksparken Zoo, which began on Wednesday, came to an end on Saturday. The three chimpanzees that survived have been returned to their enclosure.

In Sweden, people now have four names on their lips – Santino, Linda, Torsten and Manda. These four chimpanzees were shot in the monkey killing at Furuviksparken Zoo, which came to an end on Saturday.

– Today we are talking about how the monkeys have been murdered, and this cannot be forgiven. Many people say they will never visit Furuviksparken again and demand that the zoo management resign,” says Pyykölä.

On Wednesday, all seven chimpanzees at the zoo escaped from their enclosure by unknown means.

Three of the monkeys were shot shortly after escaping.

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Gävle monkey escape comes to an end – Sweden mourns the shooting of Santino, an elderly man known for stonings and paintingsRead More »

The thermometer will dip into the plus side in many places over the next few days. The Real Estate Federation stresses that property owners need to be vigilant in monitoring the situation of roof snow and preventing slippage.

The weather in southern Finland is warming up rapidly. High temperatures are expected from next night onwards, starting in south-west Finland.

Over the next few days, temperatures will range from minus to plus and back again. Local variations will be large.

– This is sawing on both sides of zero, Anne Borgström sums up.

Snow comes from the sky and sometimes also water. The warm air will move further north in the coming days, and by Wednesday at the latest the temperature will be around zero at the height of Jyväskylänk.

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Temperatures will dip to both sides of zero in the coming days – large snow piles will melt into puddles and roads will become slipperyRead More »

The grey heron does not normally winter in Finland. When waterways are frozen and there is plenty of snow, catching fish can be a challenge.

– I thought it was a dog and peered cautiously, but there was a long, sharp beak,” Selin says.

The creature turned out to be a grey heron. Selin opened the door a little more, but then the bird headed off.

– I wondered if it was in front of the door for some falsely warmth,” he says.

Morning broke into day, and the winged was nowhere to be seen. Selin also asked his neighbors in Iivisniemi if there had been sightings of the large bird. Was not.

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Leena Selin from Espoo opened her front door to find a grey heron waiting behind it – then the bird swept inRead More »

Three critically endangered amur tigers were born at Korkeasaari Zoo in late August. They don’t mind the frosty weather, as the species is used to extreme conditions.

From behind the snowdrifts, first one head emerges, then another, soon a third.

The fluffy animals are small and cuddly, but their coat colouring reveals that they are not to be approached without caution – especially under the watchful eye of the Siberian lemur.

The litter trio Ohana, Odeya and Oboi are amur tigers. They live at Korkeasaari Zoo, where they were born to Sibir and male tiger Tamur in late August.

As a species, the Amur tiger is highly endangered. 80 years ago, there were only about 40 individuals in the wild. Since then, thanks to conservation work, the population has been strengthened to a good 500 individuals, but even that is still small.

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Korkeasaari’s tiger cubs have started to explore the world – watch them frolicking in the snow on videoRead More »

On Friday, the Regional State Administrative Agencies granted a permit to the South Ostrobothnia Regional Development Centre to change the regulation of Lake Evijärvi. As a result of the decision, the water level will be raised by about ten centimetres.

On Friday, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Central Finland granted a permit to the Finnish Environment Agency to modify the regulation of Lake Evijärvi.

As a result of the change, the upper and lower limits of the lake’s water level regulation will be raised by ten centimetres.

The project will also improve the recreational potential of the lake.

Avi’s decision can be appealed by appealing to the Vaasa Administrative Court. The deadline for receiving complaints is January 23, 2023.

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The Regional State Administrative Agencies’ permission to raise the level of Lake Evijärvi by ten centimetres – a long dispute in the backgroundRead More »

In recent years, there has been talk and research around the world about the rapid decline in insect numbers.

The world’s countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Nature (go to another service) in Montreal, Canada, to negotiate an agreement to stop the collapse of nature.

The aim is to turn natural degradation back into enrichment, by 2030 at the latest.

The decline in insect numbers and the resulting changes have been discussed worldwide in recent years. Take up the challenge and test your knowledge of insects and insect loss in the quiz below.