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Protection of Freshwater Ecosystems
Protection of the Arctic Environment
WWF-Finland: In the International Arena
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Facing extinction in the process are the thousands of species that make their home in these water ecosystems. The water's edge has an abundance of life. While the white-backed woodpecker nests in light shoreline birch woods which have plenty of rotten snags full of larvae, the Saimaa seal builds its winter lair in snow banks on secluded lake shores. Besides, many kinds of fish spawn in the shallow shore waters. The freshwater Pearl Mussel, for one, can only survive in a river where the water is clear and the sand at the bottom, unpolluted.
With their habitat facing destruction, these endangered species may soon become extinct. It is to prevent such a catastrophe
that WWF-Finland has been urging the government to pass the long overdue Shoreline Protection Act. This will help conserve
the remaining natural shoreline areas of Finland.
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