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Received: 24 February 2023

Accepted: 17 December 2023

First Online: 1 March 2024

Declarations

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: Natural Resources Institute Finland is committed to comply the guidelines of Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK) on ethical principles of research with human participants. The guidelines state, that no prior ethics approval in necessary, when the below-mentioned conditions in the research design do not apply: (1) Participation in the research deviates from the principle of informed consent. (2) The research involves intervening in the physical integrity of research participants. (3) Research that exposes participants to exceptionally strong stimuli. (4) Research that involves a risk of causing mental harm that exceeds the limits of normal daily life to the research participants or their family members or others close to them. (5) Conducting the research could involve a threat to the safety of participants or researchers or their family members or others close to them.The interview and survey data used in this research was collected with the informed consent of the participants. None of the research design elements mentioned above (1–5) was applicable for this research and therefore further ethical evaluation was not needed.The ethical principles of research with human participants and ethical review in the human sciences in Finland:ExternalRef removedInformation on the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK): ExternalRef removed

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: The authors have declare that they have no competing interests.