Rewilding teams are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry
Chopping down trees is not how most people would expect a river restoration project to begin, but Janne Raassina – who is expertly using a chainsaw to take down four or five earmarked trunks around the Särkkäjoki River in remotest eastern Finland – explains that the rotting wood will be hugely useful to the ecosystem.
“This is a huge buffet for insects, and it’s something that has been missing in our nature for 100 years,” he says. “We are creating the food chain from scratch.”
(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/22/finland-restoring-river-ecosystems-rewilding