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Restoration of boreal forests and forest-covered mires (Boreal forests)

Start date: Dec 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

Background Boreal natural forests, esker forests and bog woodlands are considered priority habitats under the Habitats Directive due to their scarcity in the EU. Southern and western Finland in particular has few such forest ecosystems remaining, as most have been substantially modified or replaced by commercial forest operations. Yet even so, their conse ...
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Management of wetlands along the Gulf of Finland migratory flyway (Gulf of Finland)

Start date: Jul 1, 2003, End date: Jun 30, 2007,

Background Along the flyway of Northern Coastal Gulf of Finland, waterfowl and waders wintering in the southern part of the Baltic Sea and the coasts of the North Sea migrate in the spring to their breeding regions and in the autumn back to their wintering regions. The 12 project areas along the flyway are internationally valuable bird-rich wetlands in wh ...
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Protection and usage of aapa mires with a rich avifauna (Aapa & Avi)

Start date: Nov 1, 2000, End date: Oct 31, 2005,

Background Bogs are an important element in the Finnish countryside. Their ecological and regional diversity in terms of both species and natural habitat types is greater in Finland than in any other area of the same size in the world. The central Lapland aapa mire zone forms a broad belt of wetland areas from east to west in northern Finland. It is impor ...
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