Other strategies and programmes

Regional forest programmes

Finland's regional forestry centres compile regional forest programmes. It is the developing plan of the entire forest sector. The first regional forest programmes were compiled in 1998. The programmes are checked every five years.

Regional forest programmes (Forest Centre)

Bioeconomy Strategy 2022–2035

Bioeconomy Strategy 2022–2035 (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment)

National energy and climate strategies

The main elements of Finnish energy and climate policy are defined in the national energy and climate strategies. In Finland the long-term climate and energy strategies have been set by the Government in Finland regularly since 2001 and the latest strategy was accepted by the Government on November 2016.

Government report on the National Energy and Climate Strategy for 2030 (2016)
Energy and climate strategy (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment)

Medium-term Climate Change Policy Plan

Medium-term Climate Change Policy Plan (Ministry of the Environment)

National Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2022

National Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2022

Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020

The Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020 is a tool for making the countryside a better place. The programme promotes the strategic rural development objectives based on the Europe 2020 Strategy and the objectives of national programmes, such as the organic food, local food and climate programmes and tourism and bioeconomy strategies.

Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020

Biodiversity Strategy

Biodiversity Strategy (Ministry of the Environment) (in Finnish)