Very soon you will receive news from Finland, the northernmost EU country located north of the 60th parallel of latitude. The magazine 60°north published by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry discusses the use of renewable natural resources in Finland and the special relationship Finns have with the northern nature. This issue of our magazine looks at many aspects of climate change.
Check out the online magazine for the latest topics: http://60north.mmm.fi
The President of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen, emphasises the need for politicians, businesses, non-governmental organisations and individual citizens to collaborate in response to the challenge of climate change. Halonen’s clear message for the Copenhagen climate summit is that this is the right time to come to an agreement with commitment from all parties.
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Farmers need to increase their productivity rapidly, adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, all at the same time. Is this a mission impossible? Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström, a Finnish expert from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) believes such multitasking will be difficult but quite possible.
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Finland’s forests are bursting with bountiful harvests of nutritious wild blueberries, lingonberres and cloudberries, just waiting to be picked.
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Although climate change is already clearly under way, the many complicating factors make it hard to predict its ultimate scale, according to Professor Eero Nikinmaa of Helsinki University, who studies interactions between forests and the climate.
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Adults and kids see many things in very different ways, especially when it comes to animals. The parkland around Helsinki’s Töölö Bay is a kind of Central Park where residents of the Finnish capital come to stroll, sunbathe, picnic or play. But as darkness descends, the park is taken over by rabbits –lots of them.
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About a million hectares of farmland around Finland is used to grow crop varieties that will not be competitive in the conditions predicted for the year 2025. One reason for this is climate change. Professor Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio of MTT Agrifood Research Finland believes that farmers’ only option is to find ways to adapt quickly and effectively.
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