Some Finnish forest owners do not believe in biodiversity loss – for others it is a crisis
We should start talking about biodiversity loss denial, just like we discussed climate change denial in the recent past, researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Helsinki say.Numerous surveys of forest owners have found that private family forest owners in Finland value nature and biodiversity. However, such findings tell us more about the general ideals of Western culture than about forest owners as protectors of biodiversity. A study of forest owners conducted by the University of Eastern Finland’s School of Forest Sciences and Department of Geographical