Nearly 40 years of research into the Saimaa ringed seal (10.7.2019)

Research into the Saimaa ringed seal has been ongoing at the University of Joensuu and the University of Eastern Finland since the late 1970s. This line of research started with population census and the development of conservation measures. The size of the Saimaa ringed seal population has now taken a turn for the better, and the species has even returned to one of its old habitats on Lake Puruvesi. Read more