Contact information
Coordinating beneficiary
Metsähallitus Wildlife Service Finland
Project coordinator
Sakari Mykrä-Pohja
sakari.mykra-pohja[at]metsa.fi
+358 40 631 8527
Associated beneficiaries
Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Metsähallitus Forestry
Reindeer Herders' Association
Finnish Wildlife Agency
World Wide Fund for Nature Finland
Helsinki Zoo
Ranua Zoo
Ähtäri Zoo
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Wild forest reindeer
Scientific name: Rangifer tarandus fennicus
Range and numbers:
In Finland, 800 individuals in Kainuu, 2000 individuals in Suomenselkä and about 20 individuals in Seitseminen and Lauhanvuori National Parks (reintroduced populations).
In Russian Karelia up to 2,400. See range map.
Conservation status in Finland (2019): Near Threatened (NT)
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