Press releases
Main objective of Management Plan for Lynx Population is to maintain favourable conservation status for lynx
Press release
15.10.2021 13.40
Forest ministers from Finland and five other EU countries publish a joint statement on promoting forest cooperation
Press release
5.10.2021 14.52
Climate resilience of the land use sector promoted on the basis of scientific knowledge – new calls for applications open in October
Press release
10.9.2021 8.09
New EU Forest Strategy is partly stepping over the competence of Member States on forests, different aspects of sustainability included better than anticipated
Press release
16.7.2021 21.21
International Year of Plant Health 2020 comes to conclusion
Press release
1.7.2021 16.54
Report on conditions for hunting wolves to manage the population completed
Press release
14.6.2021 12.41
Norway asked to explain why bend nets allowed for salmon fishing in Finnmark
Press release
4.6.2021 14.30
Practical development actions towards climate-resilient land use
Press release
4.5.2021 13.41
Minna-Mari Kaila appointed as Director General of the Food Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Press release
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
Press release
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
Press release
25.3.2021 15.14
Instructions for health-secure entry of seasonal workers in primary production are ready
Press release
9.3.2021 15.35
Government decided on safe entry of seasonal workers to Finland – instructions to be sent to farms
Press release
4.2.2021 13.46
Kuusamo’s River Kuusinkijoki to be freed from hydropower – Bright future ahead for threatened brown trout
Press release
4.3.2021 14.30
First projects chosen for the Catch the Carbon R&I programme – ten projects to receive EUR 10.7m
Press release
23.2.2021 15.56
Building a climate-resilient Europe – Commission published a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
Press release
25.2.2021 16.16
Preparation of the climate plan for the land use sector started - working group appointed
Press release
18.2.2021 8.54
Unanimous support from EU Member States to Finland’s special allowance in LULUCF
Press release
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
Press release
27.1.2021 20.02
Finland and Russia enhance cooperation on game management – all game animal species included in the statement
Press release
27.1.2021 10.52