A new area protected in Southwest Finland

A new area protected in Southwest Finland

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation recently acquired a forest estate called Kettukallio, which is located within the Tortinmäki region of Paattinen, approximately 25 kilometres away in a northern and northeastern direction from the centre of Turku. We shall submit an application to preserve the forest in accordance with the nature conservation act, regarding its vegetation,…

A record number of new areas – Lintukangas became the foundation’s hundredth conservation area

A record number of new areas – Lintukangas became the foundation’s hundredth conservation area

During the current year, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation has set a record with its acquisitions. We bought as many as twenty new areas and additional sections for five areas already protected. We received six areas as a gift. We reached the milestone of the hundredth conservation area this autumn when the Finnish Natural Heritage…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation receives a farm within a traditional landscape in Kauhajoki

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation receives a farm within a traditional landscape in Kauhajoki

The heirs of the Järvi-Tarkka farm in Kauhajoki decided to sell the site to the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation in early autumn 2019. The farms, which have long been allowed to live in their natural state, are located in three sections, the largest of them by Lake Uuronjärvi. It is mostly spruce and mixed forest…

Aki Kaurismäki’s donation enabled the buying of a large forest area in Lapland

Aki Kaurismäki’s donation enabled the buying of a large forest area in Lapland

At the end of the summer, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired a forest area of great conservation value, bounded by five different waterways within the Kaamanen region of Inari. The deal was made possible when Sputnik, a company owned by director Aki Kaurismäki and artist Paula Oinonen, donated 100 000 euros for this very…

A valuable spruce mire placed under protection in Ulvila

A valuable spruce mire placed under protection in Ulvila

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation recently acquired an area of 41 hectares called Ahmauksenkorpi in the village of Ahmaus, located in Ulvila. It is an exceptionally wide and unified forest with plenty of decayed wood. To a great extent, it is fern spruce mire by its habitat type. The small Ahmauksenoja river runs through the…

An old aspen rich wooden pasture protected

An old aspen rich wooden pasture protected

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired in spring an old lush wooden pasture in Haapavesi, Northern Ostrobothnia. The Kettukangas forest of 32 hectares consists mainly of herb-rich forests. The single most important conservation value of the forest is the volume of common aspen (Populus tremula). Aspens of different ages, including old and decayed individuals, are…