The fairy slipper is a rare beauty found in the forests of northern Finland and Lapland. Calypso bulbosa is a protected species and a member of the orchid family. According to law, it may not be picked, cut or moved.
Fingrid always strives to take environmental factors into consideration responsibly and to communicate openly about matters related to them. The company occasionally has to apply to the ELY Centre for permission to deviate from the prohibition on deterioration and destruction of threatened and protected species in accordance with Nature Conservation Act. However, applying for a special permit is always the last alternative.
Whenever there are plans to construct new transmission lines, the valuable habitats and species of the area are thoroughly surveyed. The protected Moor Frog or a species-rich swamp may send the plans back to the drawing board.
Fingrid Oyj
Läkkisepäntie 21
00620 Helsinki
Tel. 030 395 5267
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Fingrid is Finland’s transmission system operator. We secure reliable electricity cost effectively for our customers and society, and shape the clean, market-oriented power system of the future.
