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Children and young people’s views and experiences influence environmental planning – a toolkit has been developed to support participation 

Environment

Tuusula’s ‘Child-Friendly Municipality’ initiative promotes opportunities for children and young people to have a say in the planning of their local environment. The participation toolkit, developed by the Growth and Environment Division, provides experts with tools to ensure that the voices of children and young people are heard more clearly than ever before.

The school playground of their dreams, designed by the pupils using Lego. The pupils’ hands can be seen in the background.

The park forest plan is designed to maintain diverse and pleasant forest environments in areas covered by local plans 

Green areas

Through the park forest plan, the municipality maintains diverse, safe and pleasant forest environments in residents’ local areas as well as in outdoor and recreational areas. The aim is also to promote biodiversity and carbon sequestration by trees. Park forests are not expected to generate any financial returns. The Tuusula Municipal Council approved the park forest plan for 2026–2025 at its meeting on 13 April 2026.

The tops of the trees photographed from the bottom up; there are no leaves on the trees yet