{"id":645,"date":"2026-10-30T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/peatresc\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:14:51","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/peatresc\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_270109d05ead209a7a4d1cffb7089a67\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-279\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-279\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNow is the time apply restoration to heal the scars that peat extraction has caused to Finnish nature\u2013 why is the Finnish government about to select another route?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-279\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-279\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>What should happen to Finland&#8217;s growing area of abandoned peat extraction sites? New research shows there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Yet current policy proposals strongly favour afforestation through financial incentives, raising questions about whether ecological restoration is being overlooked.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read the full blog by professor Eeva-Stiina Tuittila in UEF blogs:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/puheenvuoroja\/2026\/09\/07\/now-is-the-time-apply-restoration-to-heal-the-scars-that-peat-extraction-has-caused-to-finnish-nature-why-is-the-finnish-government-about-to-select-another-route\/\">Now is the time apply restoration to heal the scars that peat extraction has caused to Finnish nature\u2013 why is the Finnish government about to select another route? &#8211; Puheenvuoroja<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/peatresc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2026\/03\/peat2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/peatresc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2026\/03\/peat2.png 979w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/peatresc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2026\/03\/peat2-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/peatresc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2026\/03\/peat2-768x679.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1378,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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