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Forest Governance The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry directs and develops forest policy and legislation in Finland and participates in EU decision-making through the Government. Metsähallitus (State Forests), the Natural Resources Institute ...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forest-governance
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National Forest Strategy 2025 Finland’s National Forest Strategy, adopted by the Government in February 2015, specifies the main objectives for forest-based business and activities until 2025. The strategy was updated in 2019. The strategy is foun...https://mmm.fi/en/nfs
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Forest legislation in Finland An extensive package of new forest acts and related decrees has entered into force in the beginning of 2014, as an outcome of the most comprehensive reform process for decades. The package comprises amendments to the ...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/legislation
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Forest health So far, the situation with respect to the health of forests has been very good in Finland. However, risks associated with forest health are expected to increase in future as climate change proceeds. Significant efforts to promote res...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/forest-health
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Organisation Forest Council The Forest Council is a body set up by the Government to represent the different uses of forests, and its task is to support the ministry in matters of forest policy that are far-reaching and of fundamental importance. ...https://mmm.fi/en/nfs2035/implementation-of-the-strategy/organisation
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Forests and the economy Forests have always had a significant role in the Finnish economy and for the Finns, even if the export products of the forest industry have varied at different times. Tar production was introduced centuries ago alongside w...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/sustainable-forest-management/forests-and-the-economy
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Teema About Finland Information on agriculture Information on rural areas Information on forests Information on the fishing industry and water Information on bioeconomy Information on agriculture Finland is considered the most northerly agricultur...https://mmm.fi/en/eu2019fi/about-finland
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fi sv en Land use planning in rural areas In Europe, Finland is one of largest countries in terms of surface area. It is also among the most rural and sparsely populated countries. Built-up areas constitute less than 5% of Finland’s area. More tha...https://mmm.fi/en/rural-areas/land-use-planning-in-rural-areas
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Wildlife and game Game and reindeer management in Finland is practised within the limits permitted by the sustainable use of natural resources. Strategies and management plans » Management plans are an essential part of the Finnish Wildlife Consor...https://mmm.fi/en/wildlife-and-game
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Protection of forests in Finland In Finland, national parks and strict nature reserves constitute the basic framework of the nature conservation network. Other areas dedicated to biodiversity conservation include, inter alia, strictly protected zo...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/biodiversity-and-protection/protection-of-forests
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Key Projects The key projects implement the vision, objectives and goals of the strategy together. Each key project affects several objectives and goals, and has a specific task and perspective, but the links between the key projects are strong. I...https://mmm.fi/en/nfs2035/implementation-of-the-strategy/key-projects
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Biodiversity Biodiversity refers to the entire spectrum of life: genetic variation within species, the abundance of species and the diversity of their habitats. Halting the loss of biodiversity is a global target. Biodiversity in sustainable use a...https://mmm.fi/en/nature-and-climate/biodiversity
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6.3.2026 | In 2025, about 6,600 hectares of forest habitats were protected under the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland METSO. Last year Finnish forest owners protected permanently about 3,200 hectares of forest and concluded ten-year environmental forestry subsidy agreements concerning about 3,400 hectares. The area covered by nature management works was about 180 hectares.https://mmm.fi/en/-/1410903/metso-programme-exceeded-targets-for-permanent-protection-good-progress-in-environmental-subsidies-and-nature-management-in-2025
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Helmi Habitats Programme – safeguarding biodiversity through cooperation The Helmi Habitats Programme, run jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of the Environment, strengthens the biodiversity of Finnish nature and secu...https://mmm.fi/en/helmi-programme
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EU and international affairs International issues are dealt with by all of the ministry’s departments and within almost all of our units. Preparation of EU affairs » The central government has a special system for coordinating EU affairs. Decision...https://mmm.fi/en/eu-and-international-affairs
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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry sets out vision to make Finland leader in bioeconomy The aim of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is that Finland will be the leader in a sustainable bioeconomy in 2035. The Ministry is working towards t...https://mmm.fi/en/task-and-objectives
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Adaptation in the administrative branch of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has the main responsibility for actions related to climate change adaptation in agriculture and food production, forestry, wat...https://mmm.fi/en/nature-and-climate/climate-change-adaptation/adaptation-in-the-administrative-branch-of-the-ministry-of-agriculture-and-forestry
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Research and development At the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the core task of research and development activities is to proactively produce knowledge, expertise and innovations to support decision-making, promote the competitiveness of ec...https://mmm.fi/en/research-and-development
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Cadastral system and surveying The cadastral register and the title and mortgage register are maintained through land survey operations and registration decisions. Cadastral system The cadastral system comprises the map, the cadastral register and...https://mmm.fi/en/land-surveying-and-spatial-information/cadastral-system-and-surveying
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5.2.2025 | The Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland METSO (2008–2025) has had a positive impact on forest biodiversity. This is the conclusion of the independent final evaluation of the programme. A working group of the Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is preparing the next period of the programme that will start in 2026.https://mmm.fi/en/-/1410903/final-evaluation-metso-programme-had-positive-impact-on-forest-biodiversity-next-programme-period-being-prepared