What’s New

The swamp campaign shared by the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation and the Ostrobothnia conservation district has once again led to results. With the financial support of the Ostrobothnia district, the foundation acquired an undrained swamp of over 60 hectares along with some nearby forest in Halsua. The area is located northeast of the Penninkijoki river,…

The forest area acquired in May in the village of Nalkki in Puolanka has been expanded by the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation. This intimate area is located along with its heaths and swamps by the clear waters of the Tulijoki river. – The additional section is situated by the Tulijoki river. The extention is small,…

Over 50 hectares of a forest located in the village of Nalkki in Puolanka became the new property of the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation at the end of May. The atmospheric area characterized by heaths and pine swamps is located by the clear waters of the Tulijoki river. The forests of the Tulijoki area are…

Metsänpeitto, the forest dedicated to Mr Pentti Linkola, has expanded as a result of a purchase on 4,5 additional hectares from the northwestern side of the area, a deal closed by the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation in March. This forest, which already covers nearly 18 hectares and contains plenty of decayed wood, is uncommon for…

Kaikkallio, a forest of over 17 hectares, became our property just before Christmas in 2013. It is located in the southern part of Imatra, a few kilometres from the state border. It was the heirs of a man named Juho Rossi who decided to sell us this fascinating forest. Two thirds of the forest is…

Metsänpeitto, a forest acquired by the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation at the end of November, is a rare one for a forest growing in southern Finland. This virgin forest of almost 14 hectares with plenty of decayed wood is standing in the vicinity of the Laukeela village centre in Urjala. We have decided to dedicate…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation managed to receive its fourth conservation area in Central Finland when a man named Samuli Hintikka decided to sell us his family forest of over seven hectares in the eastern part of Konnevesi. The Linnunlaulu forest is located in the village of Kärkkäiskylä in Konnevesi. The forest is mostly a…

In August 2013, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation came into possession of Aarnivalkea, a 56-hectare area of forest and swamp in Kuusamo. The area is located less than ten kilometres southwest of the church of Kuusamo, by the southern edge of the Kivisuo region. The Aarnivalkea area belongs to an unusually intact wilderness close to…

In August 2013, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired a piece of old spruce forest close to the Lannevesi region in Saarijärvi. A large section of the Mörkökorpi forest is about over a hundred years old virgin-like forest with old, tall deciduous trees growing all over the place, mostly birches. Part of the forest has…

The number of areas placed under protection by the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation in the Häme region became larger in June 2013 with the Harjava area of forest and meadow. This area, located in Kalvola in Hämeenlinna, covers about 6,3 hectares. The wet and winding meadows of Harjava are surrounded by a forest that has…

The 17,6-hectare area called Metsäranta, located on the Hiirettelänvuori hill in the municipality of Iitti, became our property at the end of May. The Kuukkelimetsä Kymenlaaksoon campaign, which the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation started with a local ornithological association in Kymenlaakso in 2008, started finally bearing fruit. Except for the top of the hill, Metsäranta…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired its first conservation area in the Kainuu region in May, and it was about an approximately ten-hectare area called Pahapuro in Ristijärvi. The area includes almost a kilometre of a brook that flows in its natural state surrounded by trees. Pahapuro is located less than 15 kilometres east or…