Pentti Linkola
Finnish ecologist (1932–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Pentti Linkola?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Kaarlo Pentti Linkola (7 December 1932 in Helsinki – 5 April 2020)[1][2][3] was a prominent Finnish deep ecologist,[4] ornithologist,[5] polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman. He wrote widely about his ideas and in Finland was a prominent thinker,[6][7]: 271 and is linked by some authors to ecofascism and to authoritarian deep ecology.[8][9][10][11] Linkola was a year-round fisherman from 1959 to 1995. He fished on Keitele, Päijänne and the Gulf of Finland, and since 1978 he fished on Vanajavesi.[12]
Pentti Linkola | |
---|---|
Born | Kaarlo Pentti Linkola (1932-12-07)7 December 1932 Helsinki, Finland |
Died | 5 April 2020(2020-04-05) (aged 87) Valkeakoski, Finland |
Subject | Ornithology, environmentalism, nature, deep ecology |
Notable works | Can Life Prevail?: A Revolutionary Approach to the Environmental Crisis (2011) |
Notable awards | Eino Leino Prize 1983 |
Linkola blamed humans for the continuous degradation of the environment. He promoted rapid population decline to combat the problems commonly attributed to overpopulation.[7] Linkola also defended an end to immigration, the reversion to pre-industrial life ways, and authoritarian measures to keep human life within strict limits.[8]