Nature
Sheep keep the landscape open in Eurajoki’s Kaunissaari – there is a severe shortage of animals that take care of traditional landscapes
Cows and sheep are the best caretakers of the traditional biotope. The overgrown fields flourish, the landscape expands and the coastal vegetation is kept under control. There would be much more work than there are enough animals for.
The 33-hectare island is fascinating. A. Ahlström’s steam sawmill started operating there in 1874. At its peak, about 300 people lived on the island.
Now all that remains of the sawmill are the stone foundations of the houses. The Åland sheep of Juhola’s Ali-Unkila sheep farm bounce nimbly over the rocks. The farm’s sheep are in different parts of Satakunta, mainly on natural pastures.
Kaunissaari has been eaten by Juhola’s sheep for seven years. It starts to show in the landscape: without the sheep, the island would be grassy. Now the landscape is open and it’s easy to move around.
Feeding the hundreds of birds that stay in Kajaaninjoki for the winter will be taken care of next winter – about 5,000 kilos of grain have been reserved
Bird feeding starts when the water bodies freeze and the birds are prevented from getting natural food. In feeding, official regulations and established feeding methods are followed.
The forests of Yli-Vuok are required to be protected – forest group activists have mapped the lichen, moss and dwarf species of the forests in the area
Metsäkapina and Luonto-Liitto’s forest group demand Metsähallit to protect the areas of the Suomussalmi Yli-Vuok recreational forest and other state-owned forests of significant nature value in the surrounding areas.
Glass walls and windows kill more than a million birds a year in Finland – this is how you prevent and help
More than 50 years ago, chemical weapons were dumped near leaking gas pipelines – they pose no danger to humans, but to seafood
The violent action hero got his name from an apple – Rambo’s story stretches all the way to Finland
In the 17th century, a Swedish immigrant took apple seeds to America, and hundreds of years later, their harvest ended up on a writer’s plate
The judge of the nature film competition has watched thousands of films – although technology can stop even a drop, the most important thing is the story, he says
Hear how tree breathing is done – to use the forest’s free means of relaxation, you first need the tree’s permission
Wood breathing really only requires that you go to the forest, find a tree that suits you and ask for permission to breathe.
\”Eggless state\” – professional fisherman vented his anger on the warehouse wall as seals took his catch and fish time after time
Professional fishermen go off the coast because of the seals. The Norwegian Natural Resources Agency’s new answer to the problem is a seal repellent that moves in the sea. Markku Sotisaari’s solution would be more efficient hunting.
\”A state without eggs kills fishing with seals/nork.\”
– This is an anti-fisherman state. The absence of eggs doesn’t mean anything about women, but it seems like a bigger group is deciding things, says Sotisaari.
In the Baltic Sea, just under 42,000 gray seals were counted in aerial counts last year, and the 2020 fur count in the Deep Sea gave a result of about 14,600. According to the Natural Resources Agency’s estimate, the actual harbor seal population is 20-40 percent higher than the census population.
The population of seals and porpoises is still growing, and hunting numbers are not keeping up.
Every year, gray seals and Baltic sea urchins can cause great damage to fishermen. They break down the fishing gear and eat the fish in it. Seals also chase fish away from fishing gear.
– We are talking about tens of thousands of euros per fisherman. They come here to the mouth of the river, especially now during the whitefish fishing season. We’ll see how bad autumn will be in Ii and Kemijoki.
