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fi sv en Responsibly from farm to fork The Finnish food chain provides the consumers with a broad range of safe, high-quality products and services. The food chain comprises the food sector as a whole. Producers, industry, trade, food services, co...

fi sv en Development of the food chain The Finnish food chain provides the consumers with a broad range of safe, high-quality products and services. The food chain comprises the food sector as a whole. Producers, industry, trade, food services, co...

fi sv en Leader - For ideas on a human scale Leader activities are carried out by 53 local action groups (LAGs) operating in all of Finland´s rural areas. The Leader approach means activities, advisory services and funding to the benefit of specif...

SOTKA Project SOTKA project to reverse the trend in declining gamebird populations The purpose of the SOTKA (‘AYTHYA’) project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is to build wetlands and a network of resting areas , restore mires and catc...

Development of an information service to support the voluntary carbon market and preliminary service implementation study (HIMA) Projects related to the Climate Plan for the Land Use Sector -page Participants Natural Resources Institute Finland De...

Avoiding the Summer Heat: Developing Management Strategies to Promote the Welfare of Dairy Cows During Summer (PastureWelfare) Hakija: Helsingin yliopisto Vastuututkija: Peter Krawczel MMM:n kokonaisrahoitus : 354 000 € Hankeaika: 1.4.2026-30.4.20...

Global sustainable development action programme for the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The 2030 Agenda emphasises that the means of implementing the goals are as important as the goals themselves. The Agenda call...

Blue bioeconomy The global need for clean water and its significance for the world keep growing. Population growth, climate change, growing need for food and energy, and urbanisation and changing lifestyles force us to seek new solutions. Finland’...

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...

Biodiversity and protection Ecological sustainability is strengthened by protecting biodiversity and the factors influencing the functioning of ecosystems. Diverse and healthy forests create the ecological foundation on which all management and us...

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.

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...

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.

24.3.2025 | 1 FOOD 2.0 Call Application schedule Call is opened in the haeavustuksia.fi application system on Friday 14 March 2025. Call will close on Monday 12 May 2025 at 16:15 o’clock (EET) The applications will be evaluated during May and June, and the ai...

Kansallinen metsästrategia 2035 Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö Hallituskatu 3 A, Helsinki PL 30, 00023 Valtioneuvosto mmm.fi ISBN: 978-952-366-740-2 PDF ISSN: 1797-397X PDF MAA- JA METSÄTALOUSMINISTERIÖN JULKAISUJA 2023:22 LO R E M IP SU M D O LO R...

15.12.2022 | On 14 December 2022, the National Forest Council adopted Finland’s new National Forest Strategy, which extends until 2035. The new National Forest Strategy is a growth strategy that seeks growth of both forests and business and, first of all, growing wellbeing both from forests and for forests.

6.6.2022 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced a call for applications for projects aimed to support the development of solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production that will be open from 6 June to 18 July 2022. The application is part of the Catch the Carbon package of climate measures.

Jord- och skogsbruksministerie Regeringsgatan 3 A , Helsingfors PB 30, 00023 Statsrådet mmm.fi ISBN: 978-952-366-744-0 PDF ISSN: 1797-397X PDF Nationella skogsstrategin 2035 JORD- OCH SKOGSBRUKSMINISTERIE PUBLIKATIONER 2023:23 XXXXXXX XXX X xxxxxx...

29.5.2019 | The seaside city of Helsinki offers food for thought on the sustainable use of natural resources and renewables-based growth. European Bioeconomy Scene 2019 is a conference on bioeconomy to be held in Helsinki from 8 to 10 July. The conference will focus on presenting the findings of recent studies on the sustainable bioeconomy and on promoting networking between European experts in the field.

11.4.2019 | Alien species pose a global threat to biodiversity, and the plants and animals in Arctic regions are especially vulnerable to their adverse impacts. Alien species can flourish and spread in their new environments, displacing native species and threatening the entire Arctic ecosystem. To help prevent this, Finland, Sweden and Norway have launched a communication campaign explaining how to prevent alien species from spreading to the Arctic region using a few simple measures.