%0 Research Notes
%T Basic plan for peatland nature conservation in Finland
%A Kaakkinen, Eero
%A Salminen, Pekka
%D 1987
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 38
%N 5
%U http://suo.fi/article/9635
%X The Government of Finland has approved a basic plan for peatland preservation. About 600 mire sites have been proposed for conservation, covering an area of ca. 490 000 hectares. State-owned mires (70 % of the area in the programme) will be protected under the Nature Conservation Act of 1923 (71/23). The mires under other ownership will be acquired by the state for preservation purposes or protected by a decision of the provincial government concerned. A special management and land use plan is to be prepared for every protected peatland area which will be approved by the Ministry of Environment.

Key words: peatland conservation, nature protection, management