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fi sv en Rural Development A vibrant countryside is Finland’s strength. The sustainable use of renewable resources opens up enormous possibilities. Achieving economic growth requires new ways of acting and thinking. Rural areas have potential for ...

fi sv en How is rural development supported? Rural development efforts are based on the different characteristics of different areas, skills and competence, collaboration and networking, sustainable development, and equal opportunities for differe...

fi sv en Support for rural projects Rural development projects are implemented as part of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027. The development projects funded aim to improve the rural environment from the perspective of both residents and entrepreneu...

fi sv en Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020 The implementation of the Rural Development Programme continued during the transition period 2021-2022. Read more about the Rural Development Programme at https://arkisto.maaseutu...

Funding for R&D projects The Ministry’s research and development appropriation is used, in particular, to fund research, development and study projects that support planning, foresight, monitoring and impact assessment activities concerning policy...

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...

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...

Water Water is an indispensable natural resource. Finland has high-quality water in abundance. Legislation » Key legislation Water services and groundwater » People and businesses need clean water in all conditions. Floods and drought » Floods and...

Teema EU forest strategy Finland’s Presidency aims to ensure a good start for the development of a new EU forest strategy. The multi-annual implementation plan of the current strategy will end in 2020. The strategy is based on the concept of susta...

Other strategies and programmes Besides the National Forest Strategy , Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland METSO , Climate Plan for the Land Use Sector and Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy , policies and measures related to the forest se...

25.11.2025 | Three separate studies examine the development of nature value markets from the perspectives of sellers who generate nature values, buyers and intermediary organisations. According to the studies, nature value markets are an important means of increasing private funding for nature action, but their large-scale establishment requires clear rules and additional incentives.

24.2.2022 | The new Catch the Carbon projects will develop and pilot regional and local climate work, carbon markets and offsetting schemes in agriculture, forestry and other land use, and strengthen the knowledge base for greenhouse gas inventories.

6.6.2019 | NATIONAL FOREST STRATEGY OF FINLAND AIMS FOR GROWTH OF OVERALL WELFARE2025 NATIONAL FOREST STRATEGY 2025 2 UPDATED VERSION OF THE STRATEGY TAKES NEW EXPECTATIONS AND NEEDS INTO ACCOUNT The strategy aims for overall sustainability and takes into ac...

13.1.2016 | National Forest Programme 2010 – Multiple Use of Forests National Forest Programme 2010 – Multiple Use of Forests Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2006 Publication: National Forest Programme 2010 – Multiple Use of Forests Publisher: Ministry o...

21.8.2020 | ORIGINAL ARTICLE Large zonal and temporal shifts in crops and cultivars coincide with warmer growing seasons in Finland Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio1 & Lauri Jauhiainen2 Received: 11 March 2020 /Accepted: 2 July 2020 # The Author(s) 2020 Abstract In Finl...