LIFE Nature Projects of Metsähallitus
Nature conservation actions financed under this instrument contribute to the implementation of the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. In particular, the actions aim to maintain and restore the habitats and species listed in both Directives to a favourable conservation status. As the creation of Natura 2000 as a coherent ecological network of protected areas in the EU is central to both Directives, LIFE Nature is focused on them. The overall objective of LIFE financing is to promote the implementation of Community policy and legislation in the field of the environment.
LIFE+ projects headed by Metsähallitus
2010–2014 Boreal Peatland LIFE
LIFE Nature projects headed by Metsähallitus
2005-2009 Vattaja Dune Life
Restoration of Dune and Coastal Habitats in the Vattaja Military Area
2004-2008 Green Belt Life
Natural forests and mires in the Green Belt of Koillismaa and Kainuu
2002-2007 Forest Life
Restoration of boreal forests and forest-covered mires
2002-2005 Aapa Mire Life
Protection of aapa mire wilderness in Ostrobothnia and Kainuu
2003-2005 Best practices in Finnish wetlands - networking for improved wetlands management (Co-op)
2000-2005 Saxifraga Life
Conservation of Cypripedium calceolus and Saxifraga hirculus in Northern Finland
2001-2004 Siikalahti Life
Protection and management of the valuable wetland Siikalahti
1999-2004 Wetlands Life
Management of the most valuable wetlands in SW Finland
1999-2003 Taiga Forest Life
Conservation of Ylläs-Aakenus Taiga Forest Area in Lapland
1999-2003 Syöte Life
Combining protection with other forms of land use in the natural boreal forests of Syöte
1997-2000 Lesser White-fronted Goose Life
Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus ) in Finland
1997-1999 Archipelago Life
Restoration of grasslands and pastures in the Southwestern Archipelago National Park and Biosphere Reserve
1996-1999 Mire Restoration Life
Restoration of active raised bogs, aapamires and bog woodlands in Natura 2000 sites
1995-1998 Flying Squirrel Life
Protection of biodiversity and especially the flying squirrel in Nuuksio
LIFE Nature projects participated by Metsähallitus
2006-2010 From ancient delta to the present estuary, Kokemäenjoki wetland chain (Kokemäenjoki -Life)
2006-2010 Promotion of public awareness and protection of aapa mires in Lapland (Pelkosenniemi-Life)
2005-2009 Marine Protected Areas in the Baltic Sea (www.balticseaportal.net)
2005-2008 Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose on European Migration Route (www.wwf.fi)
2004-2008 Restoration and maintenance of valuable aquatic bird habitats of Pirkanmaa (www.environment.fi)
2004-2008 Tourist destinations as landscape laboratories - tools for sustainable tourism LANDSCAPELAB (Life Environment Project. www.ulapland.fi )
2003-2008 Saving the endangered Fennoscandian Alopex lagopus SEFALO+ (www.zoologi.su.se)
2003-2007 Management of wetlands along the Gulf of Finland migratory flyway (brochure in pdf format, www.environment.fi)
2002-2007 Karelian mires and virgin forests - pearls in the chain of geohistory (Final report in Finnish/English, www.environment.fi)
2002-2006 Restoration of mire and bog ecosystems in North-Savo with reference to environmental education
2001-2006 Protection of valuable bird-rich wetlands in Central Finland (Final report in pdf format, www.environment.fi)
2002-2005 Evo Forest - Awareness-raising and protection of Southern Finland forest biotopes (www.evo.hamk.fi)
2001-2005 Herb-rich forests, forests of Dendrocopos leucotos and Western Taigas in North Karelia (www.environment.fi)
2000-2005 Protection and usage of aapamires with a rich avifauna in Central Lapland
2001-2004 Rehabilitation and maintenance of meadows in Finland, Sweden and Estonia
1999-2003 Conservation and management of boreal groves (in Pirkanmaa)
1999-2003 Deciduous Western Taigas and Herb-rich Forests in Pohjois-Savo (www.ymparisto.fi )
1999-2002 Protection of Taiga and Freshwater Ecosystems in Central Finland
1998-2002 Conservation of the Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) in Finland and Sweden (www.zoologi.su.se)
1997-2002 Kvarken Archipelago
1997-2002 Protection of Aapamires in Southwestern Lapland and Northern Ostrobothnia
1997-2002 Rahja Archipelago
1998-2001 Ensuring purity of the breed of the Wild Forest Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus )
1995-1998 Protection of bilberry and fern western taiga habitats and their associated species (White-backed Woodpecker )