Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Saturday 31 August 2024

Finnish nature

This time the topic of the news week is Finnish nature. Today, Saturday, is Finland’s nature day. The purpose is to celebrate Finnish nature.

Finland has many nature parks and national parks where plants and animals are protected.

Now we will tell you more about Finland’s nature and nature conservation.

Finnish nature day

Today, Saturday, is Finland’s nature day. Finland’s Nature Day is flag-raising day, which means that the Finnish flag is hoisted. The purpose is to celebrate Finnish nature.

Finnish Nature Day was celebrated for the first time in 2013.

On Finland’s Nature Day, for example, there are many different events in national parks.

Nature conservation

This week there was a lot of talk about nature conservation. About a week ago, it was revealed that a lot of rascals died in Kainuu. The raakus died when the forest company Stora Enso’s forest machine ran over the raakus in Suomussalmi’s Hukkajoki. Raakku is a sedated animal, because there are only few raakku in nature.

Once the animal is tranquilized, it must not be killed or harmed. The law says that killing a tranquilized animal is a crime. The sedated plant must not be removed from the ground or damaged.

National parks and nature parks

Finnish nature is protected in national parks. National parks are owned by the Finnish state. Finland’s first national parks were established in the late 1930s.

There are more than 40 national parks in different parts of Finland. The largest national park in Finland is Lemmenjoki National Park in Lapland. The smallest national park is Petkeljärvi in North Karelia.

People get to move and get to know nature in the national park. The animals of the national park must not be disturbed. Do not damage the plants.

There are also 19 nature parks in Finland. In a nature park, nature is protected more strictly than in a national park.

Repeat

The topic of the news week was Finland’s nature. Let’s repeat the most important things.

Today, Saturday, Finland’s Nature Day is celebrated. Finland’s Nature Day is flag day.

Finnish nature is being protected in many ways. There are many nature parks and national parks in Finland, where animals must not be disturbed and plants must not be harmed.

This was Uutisviikko in plain Finnish, see you again. Goodbye!