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'''[[Nuclear Baltic Map/Pyhäjoki|-> draft for the brochure]]'''
 
'''[[Nuclear Baltic Map/Pyhäjoki|-> draft for the brochure]]'''
  
The nuclear company [[Nuclear Companies#Fennovoima|Fennovoima]] (biggest shareholder is the German nuclear company [[Nuclear Companies#EON|EON]]) wants to build a new nuclear power plant in Finland - probably in [[Simo]] or in [[Pyhäjoki]]. The images give an impression about the area affected by these nuclear developments.
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The nuclear company [[Nuclear Companies#Fennovoima|Fennovoima]] (biggest shareholder is the German nuclear company [[Nuclear Companies#EON|EON]]) wants to build a new nuclear power plant in Finland probably in [[Simo]] or in [[Pyhäjoki]].  
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== Basic Information ==
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''Hanhikivi'' is a cape which is located in municipality of Pyhäjoki, at North Ostrobothnia, on the coast of Bothnian Bay. Minor piece of the capes end belongs to town of Raahe. The cape is about 5 kilometers long.<ref>[http://kansalaisen.karttapaikka.fi/linkki?scale=400000&text=Hanhikivi&y=7161961&x=3368745&lang= map link]</ref> Hanhikivi means “Goose rock” in English. The name of the area comes from a relic: an erratic block which is located at the capes end.<ref>http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php as at May 9, 2010</ref>
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Hanhikivi area is a significant conservation entity of land uplift coasts. There are none exactly as large unitary forest areas of this kind of coast at North Ostrobothnia. Hanhikivi area includes coast biodiversity, quite representative herb-rich forests of land uplift area, small flood meadows and hardwood-spruce swamps. In addition, the area includes other statutory preserved objects such as sea-shore meadows and gloe lakes. The area of Hanhikivi has been noted in North Ostrobothnia county planning as a nature multipurpose area. There are, also, nationally significant relics and scenically valuable rocky area. Hanhikivi area is partially limited to Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti-Heinikarinlampi-Natura area.<ref name="Hanhikivi">http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php?sivu=preservingofhanhikivi as at May 9, 2010</ref>
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About 63 % of Hanhikivi area has been preserved. About 170 hectares were preserved in Merestä metsäksi project (forest programme) during 2005–2006 by natural values trading, subsidy for preserving ecological values and by buying land to state. There are, also, about 110 hectares preserved in other ways.<ref name="Hanhikivi"/>
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Hanhikivi is a very valuable bird migration area. Hietakarinlahti-Takaranta area has been qualified as a nationally important bird area, FINIBA area (Finnish Important Bird Areas). FINIBA areas are remarkable areas for nature conservation. They are nesting and gathering places for threatened species and species for international special responsibility.<ref name="Hanhikivi2">http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php?sivu=birdarea as at May 9, 2010</ref>
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Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti and Heinikarinlampi are Natura 2000 area (code FI110420). It is defined as an nationally valuable bird water area. Also, the sea-shore meadows of Maunus are qualified as a regionally valuable traditional landscape and as the last clear-preserved sea-shore meadows. The surface area is about 275 hectares.<ref name="Hanhikivi2" />
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Hanhikivi is also the name of a fixed relic, the delimeter from historical age. It has been qualified as a nationally valuable object and protected by the Antiquities Act (295/63). The Treaty of Nöteborg (Pähkinäsaaren rauha), also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is the peace treaty that set the first east border concerning Finland. The treaty was the first settlement between Sweden and Novgorod Republik regulating their border. The border began at Rajajoki, went to northwest across the Karelian Isthmus and ended to coast of Bothnian Bay. Hanhikivi is found as the delimiter of the Treaty of Nöteborg.<ref>http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php?sivu=hanhikivirelic as at May 9, 2010</ref>
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== Links ==
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*http://uraanivoima.com/?p=pyhajoki <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
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*Pro Hanhikivi homepages: http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/en_hanhikivi.php
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*Pro Hanhikivi blog: http://prohkivi.vuodatus.net/ <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
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<small>{{footnotes}}</small>
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== Photos ==
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The images give an impression about the area affected by these nuclear developments.
  
  
 
<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
 
<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 1.jpg|Nuclear signs by the road to the area hint to the radioactive threat of the proposed NPP
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 1.jpg|Nuclear signs by the road to the area hint at the radioactive threat of the proposed NPP
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 2.jpg|Cabins and other small wooden buildings are spread over the peninsula
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 2.jpg|Cabins and other small wooden buildings are spread over the peninsula
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 3.jpg|The area Fennovoima wants to occupy for their nuclear business is a peninsula called Hanhiviki
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 3.jpg|The area Fennovoima wants to occupy for their nuclear business is a peninsula called Hanhiviki
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 5.jpg|Some of the land is owned by people, much is common land of the residents and can only be given to Fennovoima with their agreement
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 5.jpg|Some of the land is owned by people, much is common land of the residents and can only be given to Fennovoima with their agreement
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 6.jpg|Fennovoima not only needs the land rights in the sea for the cooling water pipes, but also for the area where they want to build the NPP harbour  
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 6.jpg|Fennovoima not only needs the land rights in the sea for the cooling water pipes, but also for the area where they want to build the NPP harbour  
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 7.jpg|Fennovoima is offering incredible amounts for getting the local people's land
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 7.jpg|Fennovoima is offering incredible amounts of money for getting the local people's land
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 8.jpg|Those who refuse to give up their lands are strongly pressed otherwise to be dispossessed without compensation
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 8.jpg|Those who refuse to give up their lands are strongly advised to do so, otherwise they may be dispossessed without compensation
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 9.jpg|But this is - according to local activists - legally not possible as the dispossession would be carried out in favour for a private company
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 9.jpg|But this is according to local activists legally not possible as the dispossession would be carried out in favour for a private company
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 21.jpg|However, dispossessions seem only to be legal in favour for state projects
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 21.jpg|However, dispossessions seem only to be legal in favour for state projects
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 10.jpg|Signs on the rocks mark the border between private land and public beach
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 10.jpg|Signs on the rocks mark the border between private land and public beach
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 11.jpg|In public advertising events for their NPP plans Fennovoima claimed to have already taken over all land they need
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 11.jpg|In public advertising events for their NPP plans Fennovoima claimed to have already taken over all land they need
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 18.jpg|This is a lie - several residents refused to give them their lands
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 18.jpg|This is a lie several residents refused to give them their lands
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 19.jpg|The owners of these houses won't agree on handing over their property to the nuclear industry, as well as others refuse to do so.
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 19.jpg|The owners of these houses won't agree on handing over their property to the nuclear industry, as well as others that refuse to do so.
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 20.jpg|On the other hand unfortunately some people already have been pushed by lies and money to give Fennovoima the right to use their lands for the nuclear project
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 20.jpg|On the other hand unfortunately some people already have been pushed by lies and money to give Fennovoima the right to use their lands for the nuclear project
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 12.jpg|A beautiful landscape providing several valuable protected natural or cultural important areas is threatened by the proposed NPP
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 12.jpg|A beautiful landscape providing several valuable protected natural or cultural important areas is threatened by the proposed NPP
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 14.jpg|...and there is not only the risk of hazardous accidents...
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 14.jpg|...and there is not only the risk of hazardous accidents...
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 15.jpg|...additionally the long-term radioactive waste would have to be stored somewhere safely ([http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/b/bd/Nuclear-waste-desaster_Germany_small.pdf and that's not possible]).
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 15.jpg|...additionally the long-term radioactive waste would have to be stored somewhere safely ([http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/b/bd/Nuclear-waste-desaster_Germany_small.pdf and that's not possible]).
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 16.jpg|The hot cooling water the NPP is supposed to send back to the sea would heaten the shallow areas close to the coast and threaten the ecosystems
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 16.jpg|The hot cooling water the NPP is supposed to send back to the sea would heat the shallow areas close to the coast and threaten the ecosystems
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 17.jpg|Ice floes stacked up by the elements
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 17.jpg|Ice floes stacked up by the elements
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 22.jpg|To construct the NPP on this peninsula Fennovoima would need to throw up several meters of soil because of the high sea level
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 22.jpg|To construct the NPP on this peninsula Fennovoima would need to throw up several meters of soil because of the high sea level
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 23.jpg|Many people don't want to sacrify this beautiful area to the nuclear industry
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 23.jpg|Many people don't want to sacrifice this beautiful area to the nuclear industry
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 24.jpg|The Hanhikivi peninsula is covered by a number of special protected ecological areas  
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 24.jpg|The Hanhikivi peninsula is covered by a number of specially protected ecological areas  
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 25.jpg|Some two thirds of the region are preserved for nature protection reasons
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 25.jpg|Some two thirds of the region are preserved for nature protection reasons
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 26.jpg|There are ''Natura 2000'' areas protected under international regulations
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 26.jpg|There are ''Natura 2000'' areas protected under international regulations
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 28.jpg|The local organization "Pro Hanhikivi" is taking care of the conservation of the area and organizing the resistance against the NPP plans
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 28.jpg|The local organization "Pro Hanhikivi" is taking care of the conservation of the area and organizing the resistance against the NPP plans
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 34.jpg|Beautiful mosses and lichens covering large areas of the forest ground
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 34.jpg|Beautiful mosses and lichens covering large areas of the forest ground
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 29.jpg|"Hanhikivi" is also the name of a huge rock that was in former centuries used as a border mark and these days a view point and tourist attraction
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 29.jpg|"Hanhikivi" is also the name of a huge rock that was in former centuries used as a border mark and these days a viewpoint and tourist attraction
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 35.jpg|Fennovoima suggested to move away the rock as it is interfering their NPP plans
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 35.jpg|Fennovoima suggested to move away the rock as it is interfering with their NPP plans
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 37.jpg|View from the platform on the Hanhikivi rock
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 37.jpg|View from the platform on the Hanhikivi rock
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 38.jpg|Simple tracks open up the temporary wet area for tourists and visitors
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 38.jpg|Simple tracks open up the temporary wet area for tourists and visitors
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 36.jpg|A box supplies visitors with information materials about the nature and importance of the area and about the impacts of the proposed NPP
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 36.jpg|A box supplies visitors with information materials about the nature and importance of the area and about the impacts of the proposed NPP
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 32.jpg|Of course, Fennovoima is not happy about this information work...
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 32.jpg|Of course, Fennovoima is not happy about this information work...
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 33.jpg|The proposal to construct a nuclear power plant in this area is unreasonable also under energetic and economic points of view
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 33.jpg|The proposal to construct a nuclear power plant in this area is unreasonable also under energetic and economic points of view
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 40.jpg|Renewable energies provide the cabins of this remote area with electricity - nuclear power is no good to anyone living here
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 40.jpg|Renewable energies provide the cabins of this remote area with electricity nuclear power is no good to anyone living here
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 41.jpg|Some dozen kilometers away this panorama shows as well wind powered stations as the biggest energy consumer, a factory close to Raahe
 
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 41.jpg|Some dozen kilometers away this panorama shows as well wind powered stations as the biggest energy consumer, a factory close to Raahe
Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 42.jpg|There is no need for huge amounts of electricity in this weakly populated area; the nuclear power would be send hundreds or thousands of kilometers in Southern Finland or even for the European electricity market
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Image:Pyhaejoki May2010 42.jpg|There is no need for huge amounts of electricity in this weakly populated area; the nuclear power would be sent hundreds or thousands of kilometers in Southern Finland or even for the European electricity market
 
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== Basic Information ==
 
''Hanhikivi'' is a cape which is located in municipality of Pyhäjoki, at North Ostrobothnia, on the coast of Bothnian Bay. Minor piece of the capes end belongs to town of Raahe. The cape is about 5 kilometers long. ([http://kansalaisen.karttapaikka.fi/linkki?scale=400000&text=Hanhikivi&y=7161961&x=3368745&lang= map link]) Hanhikivi means “Goose rock” in english. The name of area comes from the relic, erratic block, which locates at the capes end.<ref>http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php as at May 9, 2010</ref>
 
 
Hanhikivi area is significant conservation entity of land up-lift coast. There are none exactly as large unitary forest areas of land up-lift coast at North Ostrobothnia. Hanhikivi area includes coast biodiversity, quite representative herb-rich forests of up-lift coast, small flood meadows and hardwood-spruce swamps. In addition, the area includes other statutory preserved objects as like sea-shore meadows and gloe lakes. The area of Hanhikivi has noted in North Ostrobothnia county planning as nature multipurpose area. There are, also, nationally significant relic and scenically valuable rocky area. Hanhikivi area is partially limited to Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti-Heinikarinlampi -Natura area.<ref name="Hanhiviki">http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php?sivu=preservingofhanhikivi as at May 9, 2010</ref>
 
 
About 63 % of Hanhikivi area has been preserved. About 170 hectares was preserved in Merestä metsäksi -project (forest programme) during 2005–2006 by natural values trading, subsidy for preserving ecological values and by buying land to state. There are, also, about 110 hectares preserved by other ways.<ref name="Hanhiviki"/>
 
 
Hanhikivi is very valuable bird migrations area. Hietakarinlahti-Takaranta –area has been qualified as a nationally important bird area, FINIBA area (Finnish Important Bird Areas). FINIBA areas are remarkable areas for nature conservation. They are nesting and gathering places for near threatened species and species for international special responsibility.<ref name="Hanhiviki2">http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php?sivu=birdarea as at May 9, 2010</ref>
 
 
Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti and Heinikarinlampi are Natura 2000 area (code FI110420). It is defined as an nationally valuable bird water area. Also, the sea-shore meadows of Maunus are qualified as a regionally valuable traditional landscape and as the last clear-preserved sea-shore meadows. The surface area is about 275 hectares.<ref name="Hanhiviki2"/>
 
 
Hanhikivi is also the name of a fixed relic, the delimeter from historical age. It has been qualified nationally valuable object and be protected by Antiquities Act (295/63). The Treaty of Nöteborg (Pähkinäsaaren rauha), also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is the peace treaty that set the first east border concerning Finland. The treaty was the first settlement between Sweden and Novgorod Republik regulating their border. The border began at Rajajoki, went to northwest across the Karelian Isthmus and ended to coast of Bothnian Bay. Hanhikivi is found as the delimiter of Treaty of Nöteborg.<ref>http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php?sivu=hanhikivirelic as at May 9, 2010</ref>
 
 
* more information: [http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/en_hanhikivi.php Hanhikivi.net]
 
 
== Links ==
 
*http://uraanivoima.com/?p=pyhajoki <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
 
*Pro Hanhikivi homepages: http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php
 
*Pro Hanhikivi blog: http://prohkivi.vuodatus.net/ <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
 
  
  
 
''Pyhäjoki on the [[Nuclear Baltic Map]]: nr. 34''
 
''Pyhäjoki on the [[Nuclear Baltic Map]]: nr. 34''
 
  
  

Revision as of 16:26, 27 February 2011

-> draft for the brochure

The nuclear company Fennovoima (biggest shareholder is the German nuclear company EON) wants to build a new nuclear power plant in Finland – probably in Simo or in Pyhäjoki.

Basic Information

Hanhikivi is a cape which is located in municipality of Pyhäjoki, at North Ostrobothnia, on the coast of Bothnian Bay. Minor piece of the capes end belongs to town of Raahe. The cape is about 5 kilometers long.[1] Hanhikivi means “Goose rock” in English. The name of the area comes from a relic: an erratic block which is located at the capes end.[2]

Hanhikivi area is a significant conservation entity of land uplift coasts. There are none exactly as large unitary forest areas of this kind of coast at North Ostrobothnia. Hanhikivi area includes coast biodiversity, quite representative herb-rich forests of land uplift area, small flood meadows and hardwood-spruce swamps. In addition, the area includes other statutory preserved objects such as sea-shore meadows and gloe lakes. The area of Hanhikivi has been noted in North Ostrobothnia county planning as a nature multipurpose area. There are, also, nationally significant relics and scenically valuable rocky area. Hanhikivi area is partially limited to Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti-Heinikarinlampi-Natura area.[3]

About 63 % of Hanhikivi area has been preserved. About 170 hectares were preserved in Merestä metsäksi project (forest programme) during 2005–2006 by natural values trading, subsidy for preserving ecological values and by buying land to state. There are, also, about 110 hectares preserved in other ways.[3]

Hanhikivi is a very valuable bird migration area. Hietakarinlahti-Takaranta area has been qualified as a nationally important bird area, FINIBA area (Finnish Important Bird Areas). FINIBA areas are remarkable areas for nature conservation. They are nesting and gathering places for threatened species and species for international special responsibility.[4]

Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti and Heinikarinlampi are Natura 2000 area (code FI110420). It is defined as an nationally valuable bird water area. Also, the sea-shore meadows of Maunus are qualified as a regionally valuable traditional landscape and as the last clear-preserved sea-shore meadows. The surface area is about 275 hectares.[4]

Hanhikivi is also the name of a fixed relic, the delimeter from historical age. It has been qualified as a nationally valuable object and protected by the Antiquities Act (295/63). The Treaty of Nöteborg (Pähkinäsaaren rauha), also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is the peace treaty that set the first east border concerning Finland. The treaty was the first settlement between Sweden and Novgorod Republik regulating their border. The border began at Rajajoki, went to northwest across the Karelian Isthmus and ended to coast of Bothnian Bay. Hanhikivi is found as the delimiter of the Treaty of Nöteborg.[5]

Links

Photos

The images give an impression about the area affected by these nuclear developments.



Pyhäjoki on the Nuclear Baltic Map: nr. 34