Finland, with about three quarters of their land covered in trees, has a long history of forestry but damaging practices have undermined everything from biodiversity to stream quality. So they’ve embarked on a rewilding program.

Chopping down trees is not how most people would expect a river restoration project to begin, but Janne Raassina – who is expertly using a chainsaw to take down four or five earmarked trunks around the Särkkäjoki River in remotest eastern Finland – explains that the rotting wood will be hugely useful to the ecosystem.
It’s expensive but there’s little alternative for the country. fortunately, the state owned forestry company is leading the effort.
“Finland doesn’t really have anything else other than nature, and if we are going to ruin that, it doesn’t end well.”
“People are starting to understand that rivers and clean waters are like the heart and lungs of the country,” says…
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