Column | Maria Miettinen: a Plea for the Independence of the Biosphere

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Dear Finnish forests: birches, pines, spruces and junipers, grey lichens and others. Dear endangered natural forests, rivers, lakes and the Baltic Sea, whose sovereignty is subject to human pressure and political abuse. Dear flying squirrels, wolves, frogs, jackdaws, titmouses, wolverines, cranes, ringed seals and all the inhabitants of your nature. Dear pigs, cattle, broilers, laying hens and others, whom people imagine they own and against who…