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Green Development or Greenwashing? - Environmental Histories of Finland
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Finland has often been labelled a 'green superpower', lauded as one
of the world's cleanest and greenest countries. Nordic countries in
general have tended to be idealised as 'pristine and green', in
contrast to the rest of the rapidly contaminating world where the
race for markets and profits has enormously accelerated
consumption, imposing on the environment an alarming level of
extraction and commerce, and a wide array of new and old forms of
pollution. Environmental historians, however, can perceive that the
reputed 'greenness' of the Nordic countries is partly an illusion.
Authors in this volume argue that Finland, similarly to Denmark,
Norway and Sweden, has evolved into a green superpower at the cost
of considerable environmental problems. Ironically, Finland's
current leading position in sustainable development has been built
on the heavy use of natural resources and by sacrificing ecosystem
health. This volume thus seeks to acquaint the reader with many
stories of long-lasting negative environmental impacts in and
around Finland: old-growth forests have been replaced by intensive
forest farming for lumber and pulp industries; most wetlands have
been drained for agriculture, forest cultivation and peat
extraction; wild animal populations have been decimated; and
Finland today is confined to the south and west by arguably the
most polluted sea in the world. There are lessons for the future to
be learnt from Finland's tendency to rest on the laurels of a
positive environmental reputation built at least in part on myth.
In the twenty-first century, the world badly needs less
greenwashing and a truer commitment to green-ness.
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Imprint: |
Whitehorse Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Editors: |
Viktor Pal
• Tuomas Räsänen
• Mikko Saikku
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
230 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-912186-76-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-912186-76-4 |
Barcode: |
9781912186761 |
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