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"On a patch of land near Finland's eastern border, life exists where once it
didn't.
Shallow water ripples against a bank of grass and rushes, where endangered duck
species nest low to the ground. Small flocks of waders gather, their thin legs
moving through the silvery water, beaks jabbing busily at its surface.
This is Linnunsuo wetland, a patch of land that hasn't always splashed and
rustled with life. Just 13 years ago, it was a brown and barren "moonscape",
says Tero Mustonen, a local fisherman and co-founder of the Finnish
environmental non-profit Snowchange.
Finnish bioenergy company Vapo (now Neova) drained the land in the 1980s, so it
could dig up the energy rich peat beneath the water. For more than two decades,
it mined the area, leaving a scarred brown landscape where nothing could grow.
(Vapo did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.)
But Mustonen and the rest of the team at Snowchange have transformed this
destroyed peatland into what it is today."
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/create-the-right-conditions/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
