Jasper Pääkkönen Instagram – My story (and character) in the Donald Duck comic book! I pitched an idea to the good people at @akuankka (Donald Duck Finland) of a story about how hydro power dams have destroyed many of the most important rivers and fisheries all around the world (even in Duckburg), and how removing dams is the way to revive these precious ecosystems. The vast majority of dams no longer serve any real purpose, but they have wiped out migrating fish populations and whole rivers. However, these obsolete dams are being removed all around the world, and times are truly changing: when hydro power used to be considered a green and environmentally friendly source of energy in the past, more and more people are realizing the devastation it has wreaked in the freshwater ecosystems, often destroying whole river systems and their fauna. So here we go: Huey, Dewey and Louie find a river with no fish, and discover a dam that has been built downstream. About 10 pages and many twists and turns later Donald Duck convinces Scrooge to hire a character called Paakkunen to demolish the dam. The salmon run the river again, the enviroment thrives and Scrooge gets even richer when returning tourists spend money on eco tourism services! Same in Finnish: mahtava tarina Aku Ankassa. Päihitä Platku! #freetherivers #damremoval #worldfishmigrationday #damnation #akuankka #päihitäplatku #puretaanpadot Ankkalinna