Press releases
New EU Forest Strategy is partly stepping over the competence of Member States on forests, different aspects of sustainability included better than anticipated
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16.7.2021 21.21
International Year of Plant Health 2020 comes to conclusion
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1.7.2021 16.54
Report on conditions for hunting wolves to manage the population completed
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14.6.2021 12.41
Norway asked to explain why bend nets allowed for salmon fishing in Finnmark
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4.6.2021 14.30
Practical development actions towards climate-resilient land use
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4.5.2021 13.41
Minna-Mari Kaila appointed as Director General of the Food Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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22.4.2021 14.18
Ban on salmon fishing in the River Tenojoki (Tana) watercourse proposed for the 2021 season – Opportunities to fish for other species increased
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7.4.2021 14.01
Finland and Norway negotiate on very strong restrictions on salmon fishing in River Tenojoki (Tana) next summer due to extremely poor stock status
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25.3.2021 15.14
Instructions for health-secure entry of seasonal workers in primary production are ready
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9.3.2021 15.35
Government decided on safe entry of seasonal workers to Finland – instructions to be sent to farms
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4.2.2021 13.46
Kuusamo’s River Kuusinkijoki to be freed from hydropower – Bright future ahead for threatened brown trout
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4.3.2021 14.30
First projects chosen for the Catch the Carbon R&I programme – ten projects to receive EUR 10.7m
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23.2.2021 15.56
Building a climate-resilient Europe – Commission published a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
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25.2.2021 16.16
Preparation of the climate plan for the land use sector started - working group appointed
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18.2.2021 8.54
Unanimous support from EU Member States to Finland’s special allowance in LULUCF
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19.2.2021 8.00
Government aims to ensure the entry of workers critical for security of supply to Finland for the 2021 growing season
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27.1.2021 20.02
Finland and Russia enhance cooperation on game management – all game animal species included in the statement
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27.1.2021 10.52
New Board of Directors to Natural Resources Institute Finland
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26.11.2020 13.36
EU’s new Farm to Fork Strategy a step towards developing a sustainable European food system
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20.5.2020 19.32