Search results for "soidensuojelu"
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No evidence of systematic pre-emptive loggings after notifying landowners of their lands’ conservation potential
2020
Landowners can intentionally impair biodiversity values occurring on their land to pre-empt biodiversity protection. This often leads to significant negative effects on biodiversity. We studied whether landowners in Finland engaged in pre-emptive loggings after they were notified that their wooded mires are candidate sites for a mire protection program. After the notification, harvesting rates of the candidate wooded mires were significantly lower compared to harvesting rates of similar but non-candidate wooded mires. Annual and monthly harvesting rates indicated that notifying landowners of the conservation potential did not launch systematic pre-emptive logging behavior. Nevertheless, par…
Elonkirjo ehtyy : suosituksia luonnon monimuotoisuuden turvaamiseksi
2019
Effects of habitat restoration on peatland bird communities
2020
Restoration of damaged ecosystems has become an important tool to slow down the biodiversity loss and to maintain ecosystem services. Peatland bird populations have shown a substantial decline during the recent decades in Northern Europe as a consequence of peatland drainage. We studied whether restoration of peatlands drained for forestry affects bird communities. We conducted bird surveys at 11 peatlands in Western Finland, where each of the restored and their pristine counterparts were surveyed before restoration and yearly after restoration during 2010–2018. We used linear mixed effect models to analyze whether restoration affected the number of species and territories of peatland speci…
Quantifying trade-offs between ecological gains, economic costs, and landowners' preferences in boreal mire protection.
2021
Private land often encompasses biodiversity features of high conservation value, but its protection is not straightforward. Commonly, landowners’ perspectives are rightfully allowed to influence conservation actions. This unlikely comes without consequences on biodiversity or other aspects such as economic considerations, but these consequences are rarely quantitatively considered in decision-making. In the context of boreal mire protection in Finland, we report how acknowledging landowners’ resistance to protection changes the combination of mires selected to conservation compared to ignoring landowners’ opinions. Using spatial prioritization, we quantify trade-offs arising between the amo…
Suojeltujen soiden potentiaali luontohaittojen hyvittämisessä on hiipumassa?
2022
Ekologiset kompensaatiot ovat keino, jonka avulla voidaan estää kokonaisheikennyksen syntymistä luonnolle. Kompensaation tarve luonnon monimuotoisuuden köyhtymisen pysäyttämiseksi on tunnistettu kansainvälisesti ja sittemmin myös Suomessa luonnon-suojelulain toimivuusarvioinnissa (kts. hallituksen esityksen luonnos, Valtioneuvosto 2021). Alue ja Ympäristö -lehdessä julkaistu tutkimuksemme ”Ekologisten haittojen hyvittäminen suojelualueita ennallistamalla” (Mustajärvi ym. 2019) tarkasteli jo aiemmin suojeltujen, mutta ihmistoiminnan heikentämien alueiden soveltumista kompensaatiossa tarvittavien luontohyötyjen tuottamiseen. Sen keskeisenä tavoitteena oli selvittää, voidaanko jo aiemmin suoje…
Soidensuojelutyöryhmän ehdotus soidensuojelun täydentämiseksi
2015
Suoluonnon turvaaminen edellyttää ennallistamista ja suojelua
2022
Combining spatial prioritization and expert knowledge facilitates effectiveness of large-scale mire protection process in Finland
2020
Conservation resource allocation involves a complex set of considerations including species, habitats, connectivity, local to global biodiversity objectives, alternative protection and restoration actions, while requiring cost-efficiency and effective implementation. We present a national scale spatial conservation prioritization analysis for complementing the network of protected mires in Finland. We show how spatial prioritization coupled with regional targets and expert knowledge can facilitate structured decision-making. In our application, discussion between experts was structured around the prioritization model enabling integration of quantitative analysis with expert knowledge. The u…
Risteyksessä on uusi suomalaisen ympäristökeskustelun kohtaamispaikka
2022
Risteyksessä on Alue- ja ympäristötutkimuksen seuran ja Versus-verkkojulkaisun yhteistyössä toteuttama julkaisusarja. Ensimmäinen Risteyksessä-sarja käsittelee soita, soidensuojelua ja suopolitiikkaa. Tämän johdanto-puheenvuoron ovat kirjoittaneet Risteyksessä-sarjan toimittaja Uula Saastamoinen yhdessä Luontopaneelin puheenjohtajan Janne Kotiahon ja koordinaattorin Ilona Laineen kanssa.