Finland banned rosehips

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced that starting from June 1, the country banned the sale rosa rugosa (Rosa rugosa). At the moment, it is forbidden to import or sell, within three years of going to liquidate in gardens, parks, along the coast, and so on.

It is reported that after a transitional period of 3 years in the country and will be a ban on the cultivation of varieties of rose hips. Immediately it should say - Finland will not destroy the entire wild rose country, it is forbidden to only one species, so the drug and rosehip jam will not be lost in Finland.

Why did you decide to ban wild rose?

This happens due to the fact that this sort of rose hips is considered invasive. That is, a plant gets into the environment and begins to actively grow favorable for him, destroying other species and causing thereby damage to the country.

If we compare with Russia we have such a plant can be called cow parsnip, which are fighting for several years. But unlike cow parsnip rose hips not only displaces other types of plants, but also dangerous for human health. Therefore, in 2018 the Agriculture Ministry even suggested fining legal entities in the amount of up to 1 million. rubles for the fact that they own plots covered with cow parsnip. And in the same year in the Moscow region to fight with only one cow parsnip spent about 300 million. rubles.

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