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Protecting Finland's Natural Treasures Kaldoaivi Paistunturi Norway Kevo Malla Vätsäri Käsivarsi Muotkatunturi Pöyrisjärvi Ivalo Tsarmitunturi Examples of coverage of our areas in Tarvantovaara Lemmenjoki English-language media during 2010: Enontekiö Hammastunturi Pulju Urho Kekkonen National Park Pallas-Yllästunturi Sompio An earth-friendly holiday: Kemihaara Finland’s national parks attract Kittilä Värriö Tuntsa travellers who want to minimise National park Sodankylä their holiday footprint Strict nature reserve Maltio Wilderness area Pyhä-Luosto – Blue Wings, May–June 2010 National hiking area State-owned public water Winter hiking in Repovesi World Heritage Site Rovaniemi Pisavaara Sukerijärvi Oulanka National Park – a different Riisitunturi view of nature. Runkaus Kuusamo – Helsinki Times, 25.3.2010 Kemi Syöte Kylmäluoma Iso-Syöte Perämeri Hossa Night hiking in the midnight sun in Pyhä–Luosto National Park Sweden Olvassuo Russia Oulu – This is Finland, June 2010 Paljakka Rokua Into the wild: Finland’s national Pelso Oulujärvi Kajaani parks contain spectacular Kuhmo scenery and a wealth of wildlife Kokkola Ulvinsalo Hiidenportti – Blue1 Dream, 3/2010 Kvarken archipelago Iisalmi Tiilikkajärvi Nurmes Ruunaa See fall colours explode in the Vaasa Salamajärvi Salamanperä Koli Patvinsuo Urho Kekkonen National Park Seinäjoki Kuopio Koivusuo Pyhä-Häkki – VisitFinland.com, September 2010 Joensuu Petkeljärvi Kauhaneva-Pohjankangas Finland’s most uplifting scenery Jyväskylä Kolovesi Lauhanvuori – the Kvarken Archipelago World Helvetinjärvi Häädetkeidas Linnansaari Leivonmäki Savonlinna Heritage Site Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services Seitseminen Isojärvi Mikkeli – This is Finland, September 2010 Pori Tampere Sinivuori Puurijärvi-Isosuo Päijänne Vesijako Wild woods within easy reach Evo Repovesi Hämeenlinna Lahti in the Nuuksio National Park Protecting Finland’s Vaskijärvi Kouvola Torronsuo Kurjenrahka – Helsinki Times, 16.9.2010 Liesjärvi Turku Valkmusa Kotka sähallitus 2011 sähallitus 2011 Nuuksio t Teijo Helsinki Find out more about the work of Karkali © Me © NLS of Finland 1/MML/11 natural treasures Archipelago Eastern Gulf of Finland Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services in Hanko National Park Ekenäs Archipelago this annual report for 2010. Finland’s national parks, strict nature reserves, wilderness areas, national hiking areas and public waters under Metsähallitus’s management as of 31.12.2010. For information on the management of these areas: www.metsa.fi > Natural Heritage. For information on these areas and their facilities: www.outdoors.fi, www.excursionmap.fi. Estonia SISÄLLYS FOREWORD estimated Numbers of visits Kauhaneva–Pohjankangas ........................... 5 500 Norway NatioNal parks briNg visitors to visitor ceNtres aNd Koli .................................................................. 138 500 aNd iNcome to rural areas customer service poiNts iN 2010 Kolovesi .............................................................. 7 500 Kilpisjärvi Nationwide support for Natural Siida National parks as the cornerstones Investments made by the government in (total: 849,400 visits) Kurjenrahka .................................................... 26 500 Ivalo of nature tourism ........................... 1 the provision of facilities for recreation Service point Visits Lauhanvuori ..................................................... 9 500 Ivalo Heritage Services’ work Enontekiö Kiehinen in national parks and hiking areas are Blåmusslan ..................................................... 16 400 Leivonmäki ...................................................... 12 500 Fell Lapland Koilliskaira uring 2010 it has become clear that ments related to international policies in- paid back to society many times over Ekenäs .............................................................. 19 600 Lemmenjoki .................................................... 10 000 Pallastunturi Natural settings our work at Metsähallitus Natural cluding EU targets and the UN Convention through the opportunities they create for Etiäinen ............................................................ 8 000 Liesjärvi ............................................................ 31 000 D Kittilä as a source of well-being ...............3 Heritage Services is widely seen as indis- on Biological Diversity. The latest Red List enterprise and employment. Fell-Lapland .................................................... 24 800 Linnansaari ..................................................... 31 000 Kellokas Sodankylä pensable. When we were faced with the evaluation of Finland’s native species, pub- In 2010 Finland’s national parks Hailuoto .......................................................... 16 900 Nuuksio ........................................................ 178 000 Visitor centre Korvatunturi threat of funding cuts amounting to mil- lished in December 2010, also showed how welcomed around 1.96 million visitors, Hautajärvi .......................................................... 7 500 Oulanka ........................................................ 169 000 Customer service point Boosting biodiversity lions of euros, as part of a wider drive to such work is urgently needed to combat the whose spending brought in income to the Hossa............................................................... 40 400 Pallas–Yllästunturi ..................................... 436 000 Pyhätunturi and natural values ....................... 6 reduce public spending, we received ex- ongoing decline in biodiversity. surrounding areas worth an estimated Häme ............................................................... 14 500 Patvinsuo ........................................................ 12 000 Rovaniemi Hautajärvi tensive backing in Parliament from all par- Preserving valuable natural features is 108.9 million euros. Considering the costs Ivalo ................................................................... 11 000 Perämeri ............................................................ 9 500 Etiäinen Oulanka ties. This backing is also reflected in posi- also vital for Finland’s expanding nature of running their facilities, this corresponds Kalajoki ............................................................ 31 800 Petkeljärvi ....................................................... 20 500 Kuusamo Creating jobs tive comments sent to us by MPs for inclu- tourism. Our customer surveys show that to an overall 7-time payback. Karhuntassu ................................................... 34 700 Puurijärvi–Isosuo............................................. 7 000 Karhuntassu around Finland ............................10 sion in this report. the main reasons visitors come to national These economic impacts are calcu- Kellokas ............................................................. 70 100 Pyhä-Häkki ..................................................... 16 500 Kemi Sweden Syöte Russia We also received support from busi- parks are their landscapes and wildlife. lated using methodology devised by Kiehinen .......................................................... 47 200 Pyhä–Luosto ................................................. 119 000 Hossa ness, organisations promoting physical ed- We have every reason to believe that af- Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services Kilpisjärvi........................................................... 9 800 Päijänne ........................................................... 13 500 Making the most of Finland’s ucation, trade unions, non-governmental ter Metsähallitus’s reorganisation following and the Finnish Forest Research Institute Koilliskaira.........................................................13 300 Repovesi ........................................................... 76 500 Hailuoto Oulu natural assets in 2011 ....................11 organisations, and local and regional au- the parliamentary elections in April 2011 we on the basis of data on visitor numbers Korpoström ......................................................21 000 Riisitunturi ...................................................... 23 500 thorities around Finland. should be able to carry on with our work to compiled by Natural Heritage Services, Korvatunturi ...................................................... 7 100 Rokua ............................................................... 23 500 It is gratifying that the natural heritage the continued satisfaction of all our stake- survey findings on visitors’ spending Nestori – Saimaa Nature Exhibition .......... 24 000 Salamajärvi ..................................................... 12 500 Kajaani Kalajoki Petola we preserve and the related services we holders, including ordinary citizens, politi- levels, and factoring figures that account Oskari ................................................................ 11 000 Seitseminen ................................................... 40 500 Kuhmo Kokkola Editors: Päivi Rosqvist, Tiina Grahn provide to promote well-being are seen as cians and our employees. for the cumulative impacts of visitors’ Oulanka ........................................................... 73 000 Syöte................................................................. 31 000 Iisalmi Translation: Fran Weaver so important, that people will pull togeth- The way we work at present to carry out spending in local economies. Pallastunturi ................................................... 34 200 Tiilikkajärvi ....................................................... 8 500 Nurmes Layout: Marianne Katainen er to defend them. But this
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