Snowchange has begun the assessment and reviewing of rewilding activities on Pahajoenjänkä, a sub-Arctic aapa peatland in Salla, Lapland. Substantial actions are planned for 2022.
Pahajoenjänkä is a 105-hectare sub-Arctic aapa peatland rewilding site in Salla community in Lapland. It has substantial peat resources but suffers from some past land uses. It is an important site also for local reindeer herding cooperatives.
It joins Landscape Rewilding network of Arctic aapa mires and is close to both EU Natura 2000 FI1301404 site Joutsenaapa – Kaita-aapa (12785 ha) and Kouteloaapa Rewilding site acquired earlier.
