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Over the past two decades, an increasing proportion of North Atlantic salmon are dying at sea during their oceanic feeding migration. The specific reasons for the decline in this important species are as yet unknown, however, climate change is likely to be an important factor. In some rivers in the southern part of the salmons range, wild salmon now face extinction. This is in spite of unprecedent ...

The aim of the project is to examine, in co-operation with Finnish and Russian organisations and experts, the state of the shared endangered species and valuable natural environments, develop their conservation methods and utilize them, e.g. by means of nature tourism. Special attention will be paid to economic impacts †both to the economic benefit that is obtained from conservation and to poten ...