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Forest industry In Finland the processing of raw materials from forests into sawn wood and paper products started at the end of the 19th century. Besides wood products and paper, today wood is also utilised for the manufacture of fabrics, medicine...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/use-of-wood/forest-industry
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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 bioeconomy Forest bioeconomy comprises various industrial and production sectors and operations that are based on wood or forests. Operations such as the processing of forest biomass in the forest, energy, chemical or food industries are al...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/use-of-wood/green-bioeconomy
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Forest bioeconomy Forest bioeconomy comprises various industrial and production sectors and operations that are based on wood or forests. Operations such as the processing of forest biomass in the forest, energy, chemical or food industries are al...https://mmm.fi/en/bioeconomy/forest-bioeconomy
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Forest resources in Finland More than 75% of Finland’s land area is covered with forest. In relative terms, Finland is the most forested country in Europe. A total of 20.3 million hectares is suitable for wood production and 2.6 million hectares i...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/forest-resources
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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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National Forest Strategy 2035 The National Forest Strategy describes the main objectives of the forest-based sector, which public authorities focus on as part of the joint development of the sector. On 14 December 2022, the National Forest Council...https://mmm.fi/en/nfs2035
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Finnish Forest Owner 2020: Profitability of private forestry and structural changes in forest ownership Participants Helsingin yliopisto Description Duration: 2018-2021 Forest Owner 2020 analyzes the structural changes in private forest ownership ...https://mmm.fi/en/-/finnish-forest-owner-2020-profitability-of-private-forestry-and-structural-changes-in-forest-ownership
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International and EU forest affairs International and EU commitments and agreements related to forest and environmental policy have significant impacts on the Finnish forest sector and wood processing industry. Key themes of international forest p...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/international-cooperation-eu
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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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Forests and climate change Climate change is expected to change Finland’s forests. Climate change is projected to raise temperatures and increase precipitation and the frequency of extreme weather events. This means that in the future changes will...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/forests-and-climate-change
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Calculations concerning the growth and sustainability of Finnish forests In Finland, forest resource data is collected in national forest inventories conducted on a regular basis. These inventories date back to the 1920s. According to the forest g...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/sustainable-forest-management/calculations-concerning-sustainability
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26.4.2024 | The action plan on closer cooperation on forests and the bioeconomy between the province of Nova Scotia in Canada and Finland was signed in Helsinki on 26 April 2024. The parties to the five-year action plan are the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland and the Department of Natural Resources of Nova Scotia.https://mmm.fi/en/-/finland-and-the-province-of-nova-scotia-increase-cooperation-in-forest-sector
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25.11.2024 | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah visits Canada with a delegation of the Finnish forestry and bioeconomy actors on 24–28 November. Minister Essayah will deliver the keynote speech at the Scaling Up Bioeconomy Conference 2024 in Ottawa. Finland is the Feature Country of this year’s conference. In addition, the Minister and the business delegation will visit the province of Quebec.https://mmm.fi/en/-/minister-essayah-to-visit-canada-with-a-forest-and-bioeconomy-delegation-finland-is-the-feature-country-of-scaling-up-bioeconomy-conference
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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...https://mmm.fi/en/en/forests/use-of-wood/wood-based-energy
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Use of wood in Finland Finland has long traditions in the use of wood for manufacturing printing and writing papers and packaging materials, as construction and interior design material, and for energy production. Today wood is also being used for...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/use-of-wood
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Wood Construction and Wood Products The goal of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's government program is to diversify the use of wood and increase its value-added processing. Promoting wood construction and the wood products industry serves several obj...https://mmm.fi/en/en/forests/use-of-wood/wood-construction
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Sustainable wood production on peatlands (SUO) Projects of the National Forest Strategy Projects of the Catch the Carbon -programme Participants Natural Resources Institute will lead the project and Finnish Forest Centre, Tapio Oy, University of E...https://mmm.fi/en/-/sustainable-wood-production-on-peatlands-suo-
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fi sv en Rural landscapes and landscape management The landscape we see is shaped by topography, soil and water conditions, climate, vegetation and human activities at different times, such as construction projects and the use of natural resources...https://mmm.fi/en/rural-areas/land-use-planning-in-rural-areas/rural-landscapes-and-landscape-management
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Natural products are an important part of Finland’s bioeconomy resource Natural products include wild berries, mushrooms, herbs, sap, ornamental plants, and raw materials for wellness and cosmetics products. The natural product sector differs from...https://mmm.fi/en/natural-products2