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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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Sustainable forest management Sustainability means that future generations will have the same opportunities to meet their needs as the present ones, or even better. Securing sufficient forest resources and biodiversity as well as climate change mi...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/sustainable-forest-management
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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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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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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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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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3.6.2026 | In their declaration, the European ministers responsible for forests committed to strengthening the role of sustainable forest management in safeguarding the future of Europe’s forests amid rapidly changing environmental, economic, social and geopolitical conditions. In addition, at their meeting in Stockholm on 2–3 June 2026, the ministers reaffirmed their support for the recovery and sustainable management of Ukraine’s forests and the rebuilding of its forest sector.https://mmm.fi/en/-/european-forest-ministers-sustainable-forest-management-must-be-strengthened-and-ukraine-s-recovery-supported
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Forests in the EU’s biodiversity policy Many legal instruments and other initiatives of the EU have impacts on the forest sector The Treaties of the European Union do not include a common forest policy. However, matters related to forests are cont...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/international-cooperation-eu/forests-in-the-eu-s-biodiversity-policy
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International climate change policy The main international climate policy outlines were decided in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted in 1994. The aim is to stabilise the greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere at a 'non-...https://mmm.fi/en/international-climate-change-policy
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Energy and climate change policy Climate change is a global problem that requires low-emission solutions and adaptation to the change at different levels of society. Energy production is highly significant in this. With regard to energy the key is...https://mmm.fi/en/nature-and-climate/energy-and-climate-policy
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1.4.2026 | The For Forest Group+ of forested EU countries has again grown stronger as Germany joined the group at the meeting held in Sweden on 31 March–1 April. The topics discussed by the ministers included the EU Deforestation and LULUCF Regulations, the Birds Directive, and the development of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.https://mmm.fi/en/-/germany-joins-for-forest-group-of-forested-eu-countries-as-its-eighth-member
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Forests Forests are a renewable natural resource as well as a source of economic and social welfare. Forests have a central role in Finland’s nature and its diversity. Sustainable use and management of forests define the principles of forestry in ...https://mmm.fi/en/forests
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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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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...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/strategies-and-programmes/other-strategies-and-programmes
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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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Strategies and programmes The National Forest Strategy contains the key outlines of Finland’s forest policy. It also serves as a statutory forest programme. “The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry prepares a National Forest Programme in cooperat...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/strategies-and-programmes
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Catch the Carbon ‒ emissions reduced and carbon sinks and reservoirs increased in the land use sector The Government's Catch the Carbon programme contains a good number of climate measures concerning agriculture, forestry and land use changes. The...https://mmm.fi/en/nature-and-climate/energy-and-climate-policy/climate-plan-for-the-land-use-sector/action-measures
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Forestry in Finland Forests are a major source of both economic and social wellbeing for Finland. About one in seven Finns come from families who own forests. The material resources and amenity values of forests provide a wide range of opportuniti...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry