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Land survey and spatial data The cadastral system and the national spatial data infrastructure are a key part of the society’s basic data infrastructure. Cadastral system » The cadastral register and the title and mortgage register are maintained ...

National Remote Sensing and Forest Digital Twin Projects related to the National Forest Strategy of Finland -page Projects related to the Climate Plan for the Land Use Sector -page Precision forestry projects in the Recovery and Resilience Plan of...

Fishing restrictions and management of fish resources The so-called common fishing rights comprise angling, jigging, ice fishing and lure fishing subject to the fisheries management fee. However, even these types of fishing are subject to certain ...

Restoration of low-productive drained peatlands - with well targeted site selection and good practises towards safeguarding of soil carbon storage and improved functional biodiversity Projects related to the National Forest Strategy of Finland -pa...

Sectoral research institutes In its administrative branch, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry steers two research institutes: the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS / Finnish Geospatial Re...

Cadastral system The cadastral register and the land register (title and mortgage register) are maintained through cadastral surveys and property registration decisions. These registers are fundamental societal records covering all landownership u...

Common interest in natural resources The administrative sector touches upon the everyday life of the Finns in various ways, in both work and leisure. The objective of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is to create and maintain the precondit...

Wood fuels for energy production Electricity and heat is generated from black liquor, bark, and sawdust Wood-based energy is derived from by-products of wood processing, such as bark, sawdust, and waste liquor from pulp production. Additionally, t...

Promoting the use of wood in the infrastructure of Finnish private roads Climate plan for the land use sector -website National Forest Strategy 2025 -website Project implementers Finnish Forest Centre and the Finnish Road Association Duration of t...

29.11.2024 | As from 1 December 2024, the National Land Survey of Finland will not submit data from the base stations in the base station network of permanent satellite navigation (GNSS) receivers (FinnRef) in real time to the EUREF Permanent GNSS Network (EPN).

22.9.2022 | Today, on 22 September 2022, the Government appointed Master of Social Sciences Pasi Patrikainen as the Director General of the National Land Survey of Finland for the term 10 October 2022 to 9 October 2027. A total of 10 candidates applied for the post. The previous holder of the post Arvo Kokkonen will retire on 1 October 2022.

Programme for nutrient recycling Promoting the recycling of nutrients is at the heart of the circular economy. The way nutrients needed for cultivation are now being used is unsustainable, both globally and in Finland. For example, only 20–25% of ...

4.2.2025 | Opportunities and challenges of new disruptive food production methods in Finland Qualitative analysis carried out by a Finnish network of experts CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN THE LAND USE SECTOR Authors: Jarkko K. Niemi, Emilia Nordlund, Matti Pastell, A...

24.3.2025 | 1 FOOD 2.0 Call Application schedule Call is opened in the haeavustuksia.fi application system on Friday 14 March 2025. Call will close on Monday 12 May 2025 at 16:15 o’clock (EET) The applications will be evaluated during May and June, and the ai...

31.1.2025 | Natural resources and bioeconomy studies 28/2024 Natural Resources Institute Finland 2024 Natural resources and bioeconomy studies 28/2024 Multifunctional forests and their risks under climate change Final Report of the FOSTER project Juha Honkani...

23.2.2021 | The funding decisions for the Catch the Carbon research and innovation programme’s first round of applications have been made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. A total of EUR 10.7 million was granted to ten research and innovation projects. This funding is part of the government programme’s climate action package for the land use sector. It is a significant public investment in the sector’s climate objectives, including agriculture and forestry. 

29.1.2025 | Final report for NC-GRASS (01.03.2021 – 30.06.2024) Contents 1. Goals of the project 2. Partners and collaborations 3. Project implementation and results 3.1 The super sites 3.2 WP1 and WP2 3.3 WP3 3.4 WP4 3.5 WP5 3.6 WP6 4. Publications from the ...

13.9.2018 | The Finnish Government has appointed M.Sc. (agriculture and forestry) Antti-Jussi Oikarinen as Director-General of the Finnish Food Authority that will start in the beginning of 2019. The five-year term will begin on 8 October 2018. The Director-General will first work on the preparations for the new Authority at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In the beginning of 2019 the post will move to the Finnish Food Authority in Seinäjoki. A total 15 persons applied for the post.

9.11.2018 | Next year, an electronic register of housing company shares will be introduced in Finland that in future will contain exhaustive information about the holding and mortgaging of housing company shares.

21.4.2020 | 1 European Review of Agricultural Economics 1 Manuscript accepted 15 th October, 2019 2 3 4 Demand and supply of agricultural ecosystem services: towards 5 benefit-based policy 6 7 8 Annika Tienhaara 1* 9 Emmi Haltia 2 10 Eija Pouta 1 11 Kyösti Ar...