Pertti Sillanpää
      The Oulu Polytechnic
      School of Social Work
      (4.3.1998)

      Environment

      Nature Conversation

      Adventure

      Environment Administration and Research

      Finnish Environment Administration
      Finnish Environment Institute
      conducts national environmental research and development.
      The Forest and Park Service
      is a state enterprise managing Finland's state-owned forests and waters. It also manages most of Finland's protected areas - national parks,
      strict nature reserves and many others. The state-owned lands and waters cover about 12 million hectares (120,000 sq.km).
      Finnish Forest Research Institute
       solves problems in forestry through research.

      Organisations of Nature Conversation

      Finnish Association for Nature Conservation.
      Greenpeace
      World Wildlife Found, WWF
      Friends of the Earth
      The Finnish Nature Photographers' Association
      Birdlife
      Environmental Cartoons from Finland

      Adventure Based Education

      Horizons
      is the home of the National Association for Outdoor Education and the Northern Council for Outdoor Education, Training and Recreation.
      Outward BoundŽ
      is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to conduct safe adventure-based programs structured to inspire respect for self, care for others, responsibility to the community and sensitivity to the environment.

      Outdoor Activities

      National Association for Recreational Sports and Outdoor Activities
      Kiiminkijoen Melojat -Canoe Club
      More about outdoor activities

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