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Slow Adventure In Northern Territories (SAINT)

Start date: Apr 13, 2015, End date: Apr 12, 2018,

Description (EN): Slow Adventures in Northern Territories (SAINT) will work with SMEs to make them more aware of how to capitalise on the business opportunities in guided slow adventure experiences, offering simple nature-based, immersive journeys, living and travelling in wild places, through marketing to new, distant customer markets.  Nothern Europes wide-open, wild spaces provid ...
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Establishing the cross-border cooperation to safeguard the declining wild forest reindeer population

Start date: Jul 18, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Kainuu-Karelia’s wild forest reindeer population is declining and cross-border cooperation is needed for solving the problems. The objective is to safeguard the wild forest reindeer by updating the status of Karelia’s wild forest reindeer population and establishing the cooperation between the game animal researchers. ...
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Saving our joint treasure: sustainable trout fisheries for the transborder Oulanka River system

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project aims to produce well-being for people living in the Koillismaa and Karelia regions in Finland and Russia by ensuring sustainable use and healthy status of the migratory brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in the Oulanka River system. The goal will be achieved by developing, through collaboration of Finnish and Russian stakeholders, a model for the joint management of the trout popul ...
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Welfare from Sustainable Cross Border Nature and Culture Tourism (Fennoscandian Green Belt)

Start date: Sep 24, 2012, End date: Dec 23, 2014,

Objective of the projectOverall objective of the project is to safeguard unique natural and cultural values of protected areas located in Karelia region which benefits both high-quality international nature and culture tourism and raise wellbeing of local residents.Specific objective of the project is to improve facilities of protected areas located in Karelia region in order to serve visitors bet ...
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Quality for Crossborder practises in ecotourism (Quality-CET)

Start date: Apr 5, 2014, End date: Apr 4, 2014,

Objective of the project The aim of the Quality-CET project was to establish a unified region with recognized common nature and cultural values and methods of promotion and visitor services in the nature tourism. Main activities• Increasing tourism-related know-how and customer service capacity• Strengthening cooperation and enhancing suistainability of tourism throughout a network of four cross-b ...
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Protection of aapa mire wilderness in Ostrobothnia and Kainuu (Olvassuo)

Start date: Dec 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background Olvassuo (27 073 hectares), Litokaira (30 382 ha) and Iso-Tilansuo-Housusuo (3 449 ha) are three extensive aapa mire areas in central Finland. Most (80 percent) of their surface area consists of priority habitats: aapa mires (65 percent), virgin forests, raised bogs and bog woodlands. Olvassuo is one of Europe's most impressive bird nesting are ...
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Launching of the Activities of the Large Carnivore Visitor Centre (Investments)

Start date: Mar 16, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Large carnivores are a fundamental element of the nature in Kainuu, which interest both locals and tourists. The attitudes toward them vary between love and hate. The increase in numbers of large carnivores, which are shared by both Finland and Russia, and their spread to new habitats have spurred the need for information. The interest toward Finlands large carnivores had also been boosted abroad. ...
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Launching of the Activities of the Large Carnivore Visitor Centre (Development)

Start date: Mar 16, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Large carnivores are a fundamental element of the nature in Kainuu, which interest both locals and tourists. The attitudes toward them vary between love and hate. The increase in numbers of large carnivores, which are shared by both Finland and Russia, and their spread to new habitats have spurred the need for information. The interest toward Finlands large carnivores had also been boosted abroad. ...
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