The purpose of the campaign is to purchase, restore and conserve a forested area with support from tourists and regional enterprises. What makes the campaign special is the ability of donors to target their support to their chosen nature type and keep track of the progress of the conservation efforts.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation, which promotes the protection of Finnish nature, is concerned about the slow progress of forest protection in Finland. The situation is illustrated well by the fact that the Foundation is not even able to acquire and protect all the areas of old forest that are for sale publicly. The main challenge is the lack of funding.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has received a forest from Southwest Finland, which will be renamed Tapsunkolkka. The fourteen-hectare area formerly known as Sepänpelto is located in Aura, 25 kilometres northeast of Turku.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to protect a forest known as Raakkumetsä. The aim is to protect an old forest in the drainage area of a river which is home to the freshwater pearl mussel, raakku in Finnish.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has received a donation of a herb-rich forest in a natural state in Padasjoki. The forest is located northwest of the centre of Padasjoki, near the western shore of lake Kirkkolammi. The protected area will be known as Tuomilehto.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has protected an area of over 40 hectares in Enontekiö with the help of the Upper Lapland old-growth forest fundraiser. The new conservation area consists of two boggy, wooded lots located approximately ten kilometres apart to the east and southeast of the centre of Enontekiö.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has purchased a forest with a high tree density in Kuhmalahti, in the municipality of Kangasala, to turn it into a conservation area. The conservation area will be called Laipansalo after the legendary forest located to the south of the area.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation’s A Home for the Boreal Owl fundraising campaign has been brought to a successful end, and the Foundation has protected the Boreal Owl’s Forest in Hausjärvi. The new, 16-hectare conservation area was found right on the border between the Uusimaa and Kanta-Häme regions. The forest has long been owned by the same family, and it has remained fairly untouched.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has purchased Penninkijoki forest, which extends to more than 18 hectares. This is a beautiful mosaic of bogs and moors on the border of Perho and Halsua in Central Ostrobothnia.
The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has recently purchased a forest in the village Marttila in Lohja which will be protected and give the name Haviseva.
