Author Archives: Snowchange

Cold May begins the summer season. Restoration activities are under way in Koitajoki, Arctic Circle peatlands and Western Finland. New Peatland Atlas supports Eastern European restoration efforts. Fisheries commence in Onkamo lakes this week. Weather is keeping cold but birds … Continue reading →

Snowchange participates in a Nordic project to support Polish and Ukrainian efforts to boost restoration in the region. A recent field visit collected experts from three countries and saw the release of the much-anticipated “Peatland Restoration Atlas” developed by Snowchange … Continue reading →

April is here and this means the end of the seining season. Late spring brought large peatlands to the rewilding program and several international visits and summits. During the winter over 550 hectares of Arctic Circle peatlands were included into … Continue reading →

Snowchange delegates are headed over to the South Pacific for a widest ranging tour of the region in five years. Visits will include Indigenous Australian communities, Solomon Islands, Aotearoa and Taiwan. In Finland warm winter continues but seining is still … Continue reading →

Today all of Snowchange is in shock. Chief Edwin Ogar of Ekuri in Nigeria has passed away earlier today. We join the family and community in mourning this remarkable leader. Snowchange and the Ekuri have been collaborating for over a … Continue reading →

February has begun with a very large peatland-forest complex of Korppiaapa joining the Landscape Rewilding Programme. In other news microplastics work is in the news in the US, Tahltan Event Database is highlighted in the High North and seining continues. … Continue reading →

January is here. We have a release of the much-anticipated Tahltan Database, winter seining is under way under prime ice conditions and rewilding work focuses on the Sub-Arctic Peatlands. As a part of the Arctic Passion EU Horizon project the … Continue reading →

Thanks to all partners, friends, allies, foes and alike for a massive year! We wish all the best for 2025 and a great holiday season. We are back in action in early January. Please check out the story of the … Continue reading →

The Sámi forest of Alttokangas, 72 ha in size, is located in the municipality of Inari and is the first ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) in the Sámi Home Area.  ICCAs are protected by Indigenous Peoples and/or local communities … Continue reading →

Climate Breakthrough Award will make it possible to enable peatland restoration and protection on several sites from Finland to North American boreal. Climate Breakthrough Award program is uniquely designed for social change leaders to develop, launch, and scale their new … Continue reading →