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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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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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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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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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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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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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Forest management regimes of mixed forests (SEKAVA) Projects related to the National Forest Strategy of Finland -page Projects related to the Climate Plan for the Land Use Sector -page Participants Natural Resources Institute Finland Description D...https://mmm.fi/en/-/forest-management-regimes-of-mixed-forests-sekava-
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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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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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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 management practices The profitability of Finnish forestry is based on the good timber production capacity of forests and demand for Finnish wood. Forest management aims to promote the growth of valuable stands and improve the quality of ro...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/forestry/sustainable-forest-management/best-practices-for-forest-management
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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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Biodiversity in commercial forests The management of commercial forests plays a key role in fostering biodiversity, as some 90 per cent of Finland's forests are available for wood production. The ecological sustainability of commercial forests is ...https://mmm.fi/en/forests/biodiversity-and-protection/biodiversity