One in ten Finnish plants and animals is now threatened as climate change plays a role in speeding up extinctions, according to Finnish environment ministry .

“During the last ten years, the status of 186 species … has improved, while that of 356 has deteriorated,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that improvements were thanks to conservation efforts.

Only a few dozen of the 2,247 species listed as threatened in Finland are also considered threatened on a global scale, the FinnishEnvironment Institute noted.

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