Kimmo Kianno, the grandson of raven writer Ilmari Kianno, became an activist when the parish wanted to cut down the old-growth forest in Savonlinna’s Kerimäki.
Information came from a bush, or rather from behind a gigantic pine tree. The parish of Savonlinna had quietly made wood deals with the forest company UPM. The old-growth forest of Kerimäki Huosio was to be cut to the ground in an area of 16 hectares.
Kerimäkeläinen Kimmo Kianto, 76, heard about the parish’s decision by chance and couldn’t believe what he heard. It was a nature area he loved.
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