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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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Long-lived wood products as carbon stocks Call for applications for research and development projects open until 1 June The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has opened a call for research and development projects aimed at strengthening researc...https://mmm.fi/en/climate-plan-for-the-land-use-sector/carbon-stock-in-wood-products
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Communication projects on carbon storage of wood products In 2021–2022, a total of five Catch the Carbon projects related to communications were carried out. This page describes the implementation of four of them. Increasing the use of wood and un...https://mmm.fi/en/-/communication-projects-on-carbon-storage-of-wood-products
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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 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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Promoting the use of wood in farm construction in Finland Project implementers Finnish Forest Centre Duration of the project 2021-2024 Description of the project Increasing the use of wood in construction is one way of increasing carbon storage in...https://mmm.fi/en/-/promoting-the-use-of-wood-in-farm-construction-in-finland
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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...https://mmm.fi/en/-/increasing-use-of-wood-in-infrastructure-in-finnish-private-roads
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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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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 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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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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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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Most of renewable energy in Finland is bioenergy Renewable energy sources mean wood-based fuels, other fuels of plant or animal origin, biogas, biodegradable fractions of fuels derived from recycling or wastes, hydropower, windpower, solar energy ...https://mmm.fi/en/bioeconomy/bioenergy
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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
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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 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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Key project of the Sipilä's Government 2015 - 2019 Government key projects Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s Government’s objectives were to bring the Finnish economy onto a path of sustainable growth and higher employment and to safeguard sufficient f...https://mmm.fi/en/keyprojects
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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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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