Hei ja tervetuloa kartoitustukiryhmään❤️ Tämä ryhmä on tarkoitettu vapaaehtoisiin metsäkartoituksiin ja muuhun luonnonsuojeluun liittyville kysymyksille ja vastauksille sekä yhteiseen lajiopiskeluun💚

Hi and welcome to Forest mapping support group❤️ In this group we learn about forest mapping and nature protection together, you can ask questions and answer them and pictures of species you don’t know how to recognise💚

Ryhmässä noudatamme Luontoliiton turvallisemman tilan periaatteita / we follow safer space rules of Luontoliitto:
https://luontoliitto.fi/turvallisemman-tilan-periaatteet/

Ryhmään voi kutsua uusia jäseniä jakamalla tätä linkkiä / You can ask new people to join by shareing this link:
https://t.me/+4SMzzxSsYfkwNDU0

Hei, voitko jakaa tän kutsun metsäliikkeen etelä-amerikkasolidaarisuusryhmälle. Mietin et vois kiinnostaa:

Tervetuloa pieneen vappumiekkariin 30.4. aamupäivällä! UPM on suurin yritystukia saava yhtiö Suomessa, joten keräännytään UPM:n toimistolle vaatimaan ympäristölle haitallisten yritystukien lakkauttamista. Liity tänne ryhmään, jos miekkari kiinnostaa: https://t.me/+E0YK2LyANAZhYTg0

Registration for the Save the Local Forests camp is open!

The Finnish Nature League's forest group, policy group and Home Forest Defenders are organising a camp in Nuuksio, at the Kattilaniemi camp centre on 29.-31.5.2026. At the camp, you will learn forest mapping and get tools for defending local forests. In addition, during the weekend, we will plan together what can be done next to defend Helsinki's forests.

Register by 17.5. Read more and sign up here:

https://luontoliitto.fi/tapahtuma/pelastetaan-lahimetsat-leiri/

Tule osoittamaan mieltä ympäristölle haitallisia yritystukia vastaan Suomen suurimman yritystukien saajan, UPM:n, toimiston edustalle 30.4. klo 11-12! Aloitetaan vapun vietto muistuttamalla, että samalla kun hallitus leikkelee hyvinvointivaltiota palasiksi, se jakaa miljoonia euroja suuryrityksille.

Viimeisen viiden vuoden aikana UPM on saanut yritystukia 139 miljoonaa euroa. Samainen yhtiö ajaa hakkuillaan Suomen metsälajeja kohti sukupuuttoa ja perustaa Uruguayhin eukalyptusplantaaseja, jotka tuhoavat paikallista aroluontoa ja kuivattavat pohjavesiä. Luontokatohakkuiden ja sellukolonialismin lisäksi UPM tunnetaan mm. yleisistä työehtosopimuksista irtautumisesta ja laajoista irtisanomisista paperitehtaillaan. Kaiken tämän lisäksi UPM ei edes tarvitse yritystukia. Pelkästään yhtiön viime vuoden vertailukelpoinen liikevoitto oli yli 200 miljoonaa.

Kokoonnumme UPM:n toimiston eteen (Alvar Aallon katu 1, Helsinki) muistuttamaan päättäjiä, että suuryritysten tukemisen sijaan rahat pitäisi laittaa ihmisten hyvinvointiin ja luonnonsuojeluun. Samalla vaadimme UPM:ää lopettamaan vastuuttoman voitontavoittelun luonnon ja ihmisten kustannuksella

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Come and demonstrate against environmentally harmful corporate subsidies in front of the office of UPM, Finland's largest recipient of corporate subsidies, on April 30th from 11-12! Let's start the May Day celebration by reminding ourselves that while the government is cutting the welfare state into pieces, it is distributing millions of euros to large corporations.

Over the past five years, UPM has received 139 million euros in corporate subsidies. The same company is driving Finnish forest species towards extinction with its logging and is establishing eucalyptus plantations in Uruguay, which are destroying local nature and draining groundwater. In addition to deforestation and pulp colonialism, UPM is known for, among other things, withdrawing from general collective agreements and large-scale layoffs at its paper mills. On top of all this, UPM does not even need corporate subsidies. The company's comparable operating profit last year alone was over 200 million.

We gather in front of UPM's office (Alvar Aallon katu 1, Helsinki) to remind decision-makers that instead of supporting large corporations, money should be invested in people's well-being and nature conservation. At the same time, we demand that UPM stop irresponsible profiteering at the expense of nature and people.

Do you want to learn about forest mapping? Come join us in the forest to learn what it is and how to participate! 

When: Tuesday, May 19th
Time: 17:15 - 20:00
Where: Landbo, Östersundom

Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hJRBmWMu4v

Forest mapping is a tool used to gain information about a forest, for example the condition of the forest and what kinds of species are in there. This information can be used to help protect forests, for example by finding threatened species of moss, lichen or polypores. This trip will be guided by forest mappers Otto Snellman and Ida Korhonen.

This is a beginner friendly event, which means that you do not need to know anything about forests. Since we are a youth organization, this event is aimed primarily towards young people (up to 29) - however, people of all ages are welcome to attend! The event will be held in mostly in English, but you will learn some Finnish terminology for forests and forest species. 

We will be doing a lot of walking in this event, so please be prepared for that.

We will have a joint departure from Itäkeskus at 16:48 on bus 831 which will take us to Landbo. The end stop is in zone C, so you will need to have a valid ticket. You are also welcome to arrive another way. 

You will be emailed the event meeting location and more logistics a few days before the event.

If you have any questions, you can send them to sommer.ackerman@luontoliitto.fi

MÍDIA NINJA in Finland 🇫🇮
NINJA TALKS
May 11th
12-13 PM

Greenpeace Office
Käenkuja 3 AB
(inner yard, small door bell)

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Oliver Kornblihtt will present the work of Mídia NINJA, which is one of Brazil’s largest independent media networks, amplifying grassroots narratives on culture, politics, and climate, and reaching over 10 million followers across our media ecosystem on social platforms. It is sustained by Fora do Eixo, a decentralized cultural movement that has built collaborative infrastructures across Brazil, including a network of collective houses that host, connect, and support activists, artists, and communicators. Expanding this ecosystem internationally, Floresta Ativista connects communities of activists, cultural workers, artists, designers, photographers, videomakers, filmmakers, as well as feminist, LGBTQIAP+, anti-racist movements, Indigenous peoples, and broader social movements, strengthening forest protection and climate justice through shared strategies, narratives, and transnational collaboration. The network is also developing its own open-source platform to map and connect these communities, and actively participates in building global alliances in defense of forests.

Oliver Kornblihtt is a photojournalist and international organizer working at the intersection of communication, culture, and climate movements, helping connect grassroots networks across countries

Come join us this pride to go queer birding and enjoy a community picnic 🌈🦅

🦅 When: Thursday, June 25th
🦆 Time: 16:00 - 20:00
🦉 Where: Lauttasaari beach, Helsinki

Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/3C2dD077zj

We will gather together at Lauttasaari beach and find a nice place to set up comfortable picnic spots. We can talk, relax, eat and watch sea birds together. You are welcome to join and leave at any time!


Queer bird guide Sommer Ackerman will help you identify birds, and tell you about the connection between queerness and nature. This event is here to strengthen the bond between queer people who like nature!

There are the options to play some games together, go on small side walks to see more birds, or you can just sit and relax.

For the picnic, it is welcome if you bring something to sit on, such as a blanket. It is great if you bring some vegan food to share, such as bread, fruit, cake, drinks, etc... If you cook some food yourself, it would be great if you could write down what ingredients you used for the sake of allergy purposes.

This is a beginner friendly event, which means that you do not need to know anything about birds. Since we are a youth organization, this event is aimed primarily towards young people (up to 29) - however, people of all ages are welcome to attend! The main language of the event will be in English, but you will be taught the names of the Birds in Finnish as well. We also have a telescope, bird books and a few pairs of binoculars to share.

You will be emailed the event meeting location a few days before the event.

Come join us for a queer plant walk in Helsinki! 🌿🌷🌲

Learn about local plants with other queer people! Our walk will be guided by Anne, who is master's student in botany! They will help show you local forest plants in the area :-)

🌻When: Saturday, June 6th
🌺Time: 11-13
🌷Where: Hallainvuori, Viikki, Helsinki

This is a beginner friendly event, which means that you do not need to know anything about plants. Since we are a youth organization, this event is aimed primarily towards young people (up to 29) - however, people of all ages are welcome to attend! The event will be held in English, but you will be taught the scientific and Finnish names of the plants.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/ZS4FzZz592
You will be emailed the event meeting location a few days before the event.

Our birds are under threat!

Come join us for a lobbying evening, where we will send messages to the members of the Finnish Parliament asking them to not adopt this bill! We will have a message template ready, but you are free to write your own message in whatever language is most comfortable for you.

When: Friday, June 12th
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Place: In person at Leankatu 4a, Pasila, Helsinki and Online

Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/p1mPFpRCb7

The government has proposed to transfer valkoposkihanhi (Barnacle goose) and merimetso (Cormorant) from the Nature Conservation Act to the Hunting Act. to reduce damages caused to agriculture and fisheries. Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture requested statements regarding the bill and the next step is for it to go to parliament to be voted on.

BirdLife considers the proposal to be unlawful and to increase the loss of nature. The general conservation status of birds would be significantly weakened, as the effects of spring and summer hunting would also extend to all other protected species occurring in the same areas. Uncontrolled hunting would disturb the birds at the most sensitive time of the year in important resting and breeding areas for birds, which would accelerate the loss of habitat. Although the bill directly affects only two species – the cormorant and the barnacle goose – it threatens the entire system designed to protect birds and poses a serious threat to other bird species.

The sign up form is made so that it will be easier to send you the template resources by email!