What’s New

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has acquired two nearly intact old-growth forest stands in the Paimela region of Hollola. With the help of a birthday fund-raising campaign arranged by Mr Pertti Salolainen, MP, and his additional donations we were also able to purchase a third patch, which complements the southern border of one of the…

The largest of the areas protected by the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation expands again as another 42 hectares of the central parts of the Kivisuo mire in Kuusamo were purchased in December. More than half of the extension area consists of open mires. The largest of Kivisuo’s shallow open water pools belong to this part,…

Kuovisuo (Curlew mire) is a beautiful small open mire which remains, for the most part, undrained. Willow grouse still lives here, and on early mornings in late May one can hear the bright tones of the rustic bunting on its edges. Three hectares of the heathlands are nearly one hundred years old and in natural…

Late summer The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation bought 20 hectares of land near the town of Ivalo in northern Lapland. The lush forest on the bank of the Ivalojoki River is currently being protected. The forest will be named Kuusimukka according to the Lappish word mukka meaning a bend in a river or road, and…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation gets a new largest protected area as the Aarnivalkea protected forest in Kuusamo expands to a nearby mire. The Foundation acquired a 62 hectare parcel of land in late October to the northeast of Aarnivalkea. As a result, the total area under protection will now be 118 hectares. The southern…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation recently acquired a forest of approximately 18 hectares in the Kolho region, located in Mänttä-Vilppula close to the northern border of the Pirkanmaa province. There was a campaign launched together with the Pirkanmaa ornithological association in 2014 to collect funds for a primeval forest to be found for the province….

There will be a new conservation area created in Töysä, Alavus, where the foundation purchased a forest of approximately 30 hectares. The area borders in four places on four different ponds, and since the Finnish name ‘Lampila’ refers to the ponds, we have decided that the original name is suitable also for the new conservation…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation made a deal about a forest piece of more than 19 hectares at the end of May in the Kylmäkoski village in Juuka, North Karelia. The forest, which is located at a distance of a few ten kilometres west-northwest of the Koli hill, will be called Havukkakorpi (‘Hawk’s Wilderness’). The…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired at the end of April an area of 7,5 hectares in the Nokkola village in Hollola, south of Lahti, on the eastern bank of the Luhdanjoki section in the Porvoonjoki river. The deal was made through a middleman following a competitive bidding won by the foundation. The new conservation…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired an area of about 24 hectares in the vicinity of Lake Lestijärvi in Ostrobothnia in the middle of February. Approximately 14 hectares of the area is made up of a forest with the remaining part consisting of a private water area. The conservation area will be named after the…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired the Rouvala farm of 16 hectares in the Nyystölä village in Padasjoki, over 10 hectares of the area being covered by woodland. The majority of the deal was financed by a private donor, who decided to remain anonymous. The farm was sold by the Kakko siblings, whose parents had…