We declare a natural forest alert in Finland
Orpo’s government made a shamefully bad policy on the protection of old forests and is sacrificing the state's last exceptionally valuable natural forests for pulp. This is absurd.
Natural forests are important to us and the species in the forests. Scientists say that by saving these forests, we protect forest life and slow down the loss of nature. 80% of Finns want more protected areas. People and science must be listened to!
Action is needed now, we are not going to hand over natural forests to logging!
Last winter, we worked together to halt logging in state-owned natural forests. Now we need to ensure that old-growth forests remain unlogged from now on, whether the government decides to protect them or not.
Read more about the government's historically poor policy on forest protection (In Finnish).
What are natural forests?
Natural forests are species-rich, old and naturally valuable forests that are rare in Finland, a country which is dominated by poorer commercial forests. They provide habitats for threatened species that have declined due to logging and cannot survive in commercial forests. When a natural forest is logged, the species that depend on it lose their habitats.
Natural forests have already been largely mapped on state land.
Become a forest patroller
Tule mukaan vahtimaan metsiä, estetään yhdessä luonnonmetsien hakkuut!
Come join us in guarding the forests, let's prevent the logging of natural forests together!
Metsäliike organizes forest patrolling activities, which monitor natural forests under threat of logging. The forest guards have been monitoring natural forests for logging since last winter, and so far they have not been logged.
Read more about forest patrollingThe focus of forest patrolling activities is currently on the Natural Forest Alert forests, i.e. approximately 20 natural forest sites surveyed by nature surveyors, where Metsähallitus has announced that it is planning to cut down trees.Other ways to influence...
How to make the forest known?
Making the forest known helps protect it! The more reputation and defenders a forest has, the stronger its protection!
- Spread the word and take a picture of the forest, tell people that the forest is under threat
- Get more friends in the forest, e.g. birdwatchers, local nature association trips
- Organize a trip to the forest
- Get more information, e.g. googling can find nature reports
- share on your own social media channels
- We welcome posts about the Natural Forest Alert targets on Metsäliike's social media! -> you can send text to the Metsävahdit group or by email: metsaliike@proton.me , photos are preferably sent by email or as a picture link to the group! You can also get help with the text, but the experience of someone who has been there adds an important value to the text!
- Write an opinion piece or ask a journalist to come along on a forest trip or to do a story about the forest
- Get in touch with decision-makers
#LUONNONMETSÄHÄLYTYS
Share the picture and message immediately!
Many researchers, forest experts, and people concerned about forests have already taken a stand on the government's historically bad decision. Spread the word and invite your friends!
Lataa kuva ja esimerkkiteksti, niin voit tehdä oman #LUONNONMETSÄHÄLYTYS -postauksen!
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Read more (in finnish)
Suomeen julistettu luonnonmetsähälytys: yli 20 luonnonmetsää on akuutissa vaarassa
–– julistivat Suomeen tänään luonnonmetsähälytyksen, sillä luonnonmetsien tilanne ei ole ollut vuosiin näin hälyttävä.
Greenpeace, Luontoliitto, Metsäliike ja Elokapina vetoavat kolmeen suureen metsäyhtiöön, että nämä lopettaisivat puun ostamisen luonnonmetsistä.
Greenpeace (tiedote) 25.1.2024; greenpeace.org/Luontojärjestöt vetoavat metsäyhtiöihin, etteivät nämä ostaisi puuta arvokkaista luonnonmetsistä
Neljä luontojärjestöä on julistanut Suomeen luonnonmetsähälytyksen.
Metsähallitus on laatinut hakkuusuunnitelman usealle monimuotoiselle luonnonmetsäalueelle.
YLE 26.1.2024; yle.fi