The only way they'll stop is if the land gets seized to be converted into a park and they have to pay for it to be reforested.

If they just pay a fine and get to keep going, it's a cost of business

Make them have to start over, and they'll stop doing it.

This is awful, and we should expect stuff like this to happen more often...

I would have liked the article to be a little more specific on the details of how the law was broken though.

Problem:

Google illegally fells 250,000 trees

Solution: fine them. How much?

Muhos and Otanmäki are part of a €13bn AI infrastructure project by Google

13bn seems fair.

Unfortunately, locals need to physically defend their forests and natural resources from these AI corporations. The law is much too slow.

You’re allowed to defend your land with force.

Vote right-wing again, I dare you, Finland. Maybe then you'll learn what happens to your forests, just like the global south has.

Strange that no one google'd if Finland actually needed those trees. You'd think Gemini would say, 'Yeah, they need dem trees...' right?)

Fine them a million euro's a tree!

Not excusing anything here but it's not like the Finns treat their forests with respect either. The entire country is a tree farm.