• LIFE Saimaa Seal has been full of action. The newly published Layman’s report describes what was done during the five-year project (julkaisut.metsa.fi).
• Video: How to avoid disturbance in Saimaa ringed seal breeding areas (Metsähallitus, www.youtube.com, in Finnish)
• As in the previous years, volunteers made snowdrifts with us in January 2017, too. The seals got altogether 277 man-made places for their lairs. Read more: Endangered Finnish Seals Get Winter Help form Locals (at This is Finland, www.finland.fi)
• Case study: Creation of man-made snowdrifts for improving the breeding success of the Saimaa ringed seal. Published at the European Climate Adaptation Platform (www.climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu)
• New methods improve conservation and monitoring of the Saimaa ringed seal in a changing climate (julkaisut.metsa.fi, In Finnish with English summary)
• Good news about the Saimaa Ringed Seal: Continued increase in the population; new seal-safe fish traps are under development (press release 10.10.2016)
• Comprehensive information of Saimaa Ringed Seal also Nationalparks.fi website (www.nationalparks.fi)
• Follow Saimaa seal in Facebook (in Finnish)
• Deliverable products and milestones of the project (pdf, 387 Kb)