Climate change. Getting Finland out of her swamps

 

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Joel Kontinen

Like much of Europe, Finland was left the second world war left the country in economically bereft.

it needed to ramp up productivity fast and the government decided the answer was forestry, the country’s industrial backbone for generations.

Vast tracts of peatland were drained and trees planted, blanketing the swampy ground that covers nearly a third of the country. “These sites are incredibly carbon rich and often have high levels of biodiversity, but they’re not always the best for growing forests. “,

Now the ones who ones who try to make our environment save want to rId Finland of her swamps. 

Source:

Lane, Alasdair Pea. 2021. Peatlands in peril: The race to save the bogs that slow climate change New Scientist 29 DecemberÖ