Tag: Nature reserve

  • Missing at sea

    Missing at sea

    On October 6, 2011, director Daniel Lind Lagerlöf disappears at the Tjurpannan nature reserve in Bohuslän. When the police end the search, the investigators determine that he fell into the water from slippery rocks and that it was all an accident. Finding the remains of another person But in the search, a strange find has…

  • Vote: 80% want to expand nature reserves

    Vote: 80% want to expand nature reserves

    About 80 percent of people are in favor of expanding Finland’s nature reserves. This is evident from the survey of Economic Research Yle. Young people and women were most enthusiastic about growing Finnish nature reserves. 38 per cent said they wanted more protection measures on both state-owned and private land, while 42 per cent wanted…

  • The Icelandic Rangers course was fully booked in two minutes

    The Icelandic Rangers course was fully booked in two minutes

    The Icelandic Rangers course was fully booked in just two minutes after enrollment opened. There were 36 places offered on the course. The course will run for four weeks in February. Rangers operate in various national parks and nature reserves in Iceland. They are responsible for providing tourists with the necessary information, and also for…

  • Finland approves the establishment of Salla National Park

    Finland approves the establishment of Salla National Park

    On Tuesday, Parliament approved the government’s proposal to establish a Sallatunturi National Park in Finnish Lapland. The approximately 10,000-hectare ecological area is located on the country’s northeastern border with Russia, close to the Sallatunturi Nature Reserve, and will become Finland’s 41st National Park. The initiative to establish the park came from within the municipality itself…

  • Missing at sea

    Missing at sea

    On October 6, 2011, director Daniel Lind Lagerlöf disappears at Tjurpannan’s nature reserve in Bohuslän. When the police finish the search, the investigators determine that he fell into the water from slippery rocks and that it was all an accident. But in the search, a strange find has been made by a private person, living…

  • The Flatey Nature Reserve will double its size

    The Flatey Nature Reserve will double its size

    Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, signed a letter yesterday to expand the Flatey nature reserve. The main goal of this project is to protect the unique and diverse ecosystem and habitats of birds, in particular the breeding sites of rare species such as the Sharkfin, Arctic Tern and Puffin, the government’s…

  • 58-year-old Danish man killed in traffic accident in South Africa

    Danish Markus Jebsen was killed in a traffic accident in South Africa on Sunday. It writes JydskeVestkysten, which quotes a press release from the family. – His death leaves a painful void in everyone whose life he has touched in many ways, the family writes according to the newspaper. Markus Jebsen turned 58 years old.…

  • Newt News You Can Use: A rare amphibian gets its own stream

    Newt News You Can Use: A rare amphibian gets its own stream

    The highly endangered gray hawk living in a forest pond near Joensuu is the latest growing Finnish YouTube star in nature reserves, founded by the WWF Finland conservation group. The trontti is the rarest amphibian in Finland, and with a few exceptions, lives only in Åland and North Karelia. During the cold winter months, the…

  • Kristina one of thousands who can get rid of their forest: “Worry about jobs”

    Kristina one of thousands who can get rid of their forest: “Worry about jobs”

    The fact that the forest investigation wants to see a 100 km long protected forest along the entire Swedish mountain range raises concerns in Sorsele. “I am worried about the jobs of large employers here, they need forest and wood, which is their raw material,” says forest owner and municipal politician Kristina Axelsson (C). 525,000…

  • Forest expert: “Spruce bark beetle can be stopped without major felling”

    Forest expert: “Spruce bark beetle can be stopped without major felling”

    Several municipalities in Sörmland, including Katrineholm, Gnesta and Trosa, choose to fell entire forest areas in, among other places, nature reserves after being attacked by spruce bark beetles. Ola Engelmark, associate professor of forest ecology, believes that dead trees should be allowed to remain, because the enemies of the spruce bark beetles live there. “In…

  • Fierce fire razed bus garage in industrial area

    A bus garage in the industrial area Fabriksparken in Albertslund Municipality has been ravaged by a major fire on the night before Maundy Thursday. The building is located on the Naverland road in the central part of the industrial district, which borders the nature reserve Vestskoven. The report of the fire ran into the night…

  • A floating nest for divers

    A floating nest for divers

    There are plans to install a floating nest or platform on Lake Vantsdalsvatn, in the Vatnsfjörður Nature Reserve, in the south of the Westfjords. This will make this area a better nesting site for divers. Branches will be attached to the platform to make it more attractive to these birds. Glacier Throw, Gavia immer /…

  • The Arctic fox with Hornstrandir is the star of the BBC documentary series

    The Arctic fox with Hornstrandir is the star of the BBC documentary series

    According to Morgunblaðið, BBC has obtained permission from the Icelandic Environmental Protection Agency to make a documentary about an arctic fox in the Hornstrandir nature reserve in the Westfjords. photo: mbl.is / Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir The films will be shot mainly around Hornvík Bay and on the Hornbjarg cliffs. Drones will be used for filming.…

  • Pilots warn: Risk of accidents and destroyed nature

    Pilots warn: Risk of accidents and destroyed nature

    The Swedish Transport Agency proposes that the fairways through the nature reserve Lurö archipelago in Lake Vänern should be pilot-free because they believe that boats can pass safely without a pilot. The three most recent accidents on Lake Vänern have taken place without a pilot in the Lurö archipelago. “If we have accidents with emissions,…

  • Burnt forest in Grötingen becomes a nature reserve

    Burnt forest in Grötingen becomes a nature reserve

    After the extensive forest fires in 2018, an inventory has now been made of forests that will be nature reserves, including in Grötingen in Bräcke municipality. “This key biotope, which was added after frequent fires, contains the entire spectrum, from old dead trees to slightly younger trees,” says Peter Lundgren at the Swedish Forest Agency,…