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Commonness & rarity refers specifically to Finland. Common Finnish taxa are abundant and widespread while being considered rare indicates there are few individuals found in limited regions.
Note that commonness and rarity has not been determined for all species. For insects specifically, commonness and rarity is based on so-called frequency points: common = 1-29, rare = 30-59, very rare = 60-100.

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Invasive species

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Government Decree on Managing the Risk Caused by Alien Species (704/2019, VN 912/2023)

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Finland’s National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species (GR 2012)

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FinBIF may coarse our open data for several reasons. You may read more about the reasons here. Using this filter you can include observations that have been secured or have not been secured.

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