Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Capercaillie-Bird-27MZIFLS2T1Z.htmlConceptually similarSiberian Jay BirdsGP011L4Completed★★★★Reindeer HerdGP0Y7ECompleted★★★★Capercaillie in ScandinaviaGP02SEECompleted★★★★Old Growth ForestGP0FC8Completed★★★★Landscape ViewGP0NDFCompleted★★★★Reindeer Skull on TreeGP0LWPCompleted★★★★Old Growth ForestGP0FUTCompleted★★★★Forest Floor in PeurakairaGP0EUBCompleted★★★★Forest FloraGP01AKLCompleted★★★★View AllGP01B2WCapercaillie BirdCapercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is a bird on the decline in Finland, forestry being one of the reasons. This popular game bird has suffered from logging and ditching. Its population has declined by 60% during the last 40 years in Finland.Peurakaira, Finland.Locations:Finland-Lapland (Finland)-Peurakaira-ScandinaviaDate:1 Jan, 2004Credit:© Matti Snellman / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2052px X 3076pxKeywords:Birds-Boreal forests-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-OutdoorsShoot:Documentation on Sami People and Forests in FinlandFree grazing is the special feature of the Sami herding culture. The reindeers live and feed in their natural environment, if this environment were to disappear then so would the Sami culture and the reindeer's natural habitat. Meanwhile the Finnish state owned logging company Metsälitilus continues to deplete the traditional reindeer grazing areas. Some reindeer herders have filed a lawsuit against the Finnish state with the UN human rights committee.
