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Goals/Priority Areas

Protection of Forests

Protection of Freshwater Ecosystems

Landscape Management

Protection of the Baltic Sea

Protection of the Arctic Environment

WWF-Finland: In the International Arena

What You Can Do


 
protection of forests


seal As in many other countries, the sea is paying the price for pollution in Finland too. With eutrophication increasing at an alarming rate in the country, the state of the Baltic Sea has reached a highly critical level. The most affected have been the animals. With their natural habitat undergoing a vast change, many are dying of inexplicable diseases.

The biggest culprits are, of course, the people. Over one hundred million people live within the catchment area of the Baltic Sea. They are responsible for the sewage, agricultural wastes, and industrial and vehicular emissions that pollute the rivers. These heavily polluted rivers eventually flow into the sea, causing irreparable ecological damage.

Realizing that protection of the Baltic Sea requires joint efforts, WWF-Finland is working in close cooperation with WWF International as well as neighbouring WWF National Organizations. WWFs Baltic Sea Programme focuses on the eastern parts of the region where the environmental problems resulting from pollution are more serious.

WWF-Finland also attends meetings of the Helsinki Commission as an observer. It has even succeeded in getting an article concerning biological diversity included in the new convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area.