Perinnemaisemayhdistys ry.
What we do
Enjoying the view at Natural Pasture Day event at Kotiniitty. Photo credit: Perinnemaisemayhdistys-Traci Birge
What we do
‘Kotiniitty’ meadow (literally, ‘home meadow’) in Halikko, Salo. Kotiniitty is grazed, but we also clear brush and fell trees to restore and maintain the habitat. Photo credit: Perinnemaisemayhdistys-Traci Birge
What we do
Kotiniitty Heli Rosvall (Heli's Highland) and her Aberdeen Angus Cattle. Photo credit: Perinnemaisemayhdistys - Traci Birge
What we do
Kotiniitty off to see the cows Natural Grazing Day Event. Photo credit: Perinnemaisemayhdistys - Traci Birge
What we do
Rekijokilaakso site management. Photo credit: Perinnemaisemayhdistys - Traci Birge
Perinnemaisemayhdistys ry.
Founded:
2002 (SW Finland Cultural Landscapes Association. Became National organisation 11.11.2019).
Members:
100
Biogeographical regions covered:
Boreal (Hemiboreal, Middle Boreal, North Boreal)
Main activities:
- Information dissemination about semi-natural grasslands
- Manage semi-natural grassland sites (currently 2)
- Develop policy recommendations for semi-natural grasslands
- Organize projects, seminars, on-site meadow events
- Offer education and expertise to farmers, associations and others and participate in national and region conservation panels
Collaboration:
- Prior collaboration with Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
- Networks:
- Finnish Ministry of Environment’s advisory group for updating inventories of traditional rural biotopes
- PerinneElo: Grassland Group of the Finnish Board on Ecological Restoration (ongoing)
- SW Finland regional working group on traditional rural biotopes
- Nordiska Kulturlandskaps förbundet
- Nordic pollinators network (Pölyttäjäverkosto)
“Cultural Landscapes Association, Finland is a non-profit organisation open to everyone interested in conservation of Finland’s cultural landscapes.”
The most important goal of our organisation is to support and advance management of the semi-natural meadows and grazed woodlands. We are not a museum organisation but part of living, breathing, and productive farming! We provide information, organise trips and provide training and expertise to farmers, associations and other actors involved with management of Finland’s diverse and biodiversity-rich cultural landscapes. We cooperate with like-minded people through international projects, and we manage two sites:
1) ‘Kotiniitty’ meadow (literally, ‘home meadow’) in Halikko, Salo. Kotiniitty is grazed, but we also clear brush and fell trees to restore and maintain the habitat.
2) ‘Rekijokilaakso’ meadow (literally, ‘Reki river valley meadow’). We hand mow a small area in the beautiful Rekijoki Valley, a Natura 2000 area in SW Finland. The surrounding area is grazed by cattle, but we mow this site because mowed meadows are relatively rare in Finland, and this site has previously been used for research comparing the effects of grazing vs. mowing on the meadow plant community.
We receive agricultural support payment for this work, which is conducted on a voluntary basis (occasionally, we have paid an entrepreneur to carry out the mowing). We have managed these sites for two decades already!
Further information
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