Semi-natural grasslands, i.e. traditional rural biotopes, are meadows and pastures created by the farming practices of the past. While they provide habitat for a great number of species, they are at risk of being overgrown as these areas are no longer used in traditional ways.
The aim is to preserve the traditional rural biotopes of the Kovero Crown Tenant Farm by grazing and mowing. For example, rare species have benefited from this kind of management.
In addition to the natural values formed by traditional rural biotopes, the Kovero Crown Tenant Farm is also a nationally significant built cultural heritage site.

Parks & Wildlife Finland manages over 5,000 hectares of traditional rural biotopes in state-owned protected areas in cooperation with contract grazers. The Kovero Crown Tenant Farm is one of these sites. Sheep graze on the meadows surrounding Kovero in the summer. Semi-natural Grasslands (metsa.fi)

4d:T4e7,The forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) is a subspecies of reindeer native to Finland, found only in Finland and the northwestern parts of Russia. It is also known as the Finnish forest reindeer. * The forest reindeer was hunted to extinction in Finland at the beginning of the last century. However, the species returned from beyond the eastern border after the wars and has since been reintroduced to its former habitats. * In 2017, the MetsäpeuraLIFE project began reintroducing forest reindeer to Seitseminen National Park. The reindeer first lived and bred in an acclimatization enclosure, and the last of the enclosed reindeer were released into the wild in 2022. * The forest reindeer closely resembles the domesticated reindeer but has narrower antlers and longer legs. Thanks to conservation efforts and reintroduction programs, forest reindeer can now be found in Kainuu (approximately 850 individuals as of March 2022), Suomenselkä (approximat

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