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FOREST POLICY ISSUES
Joint French-Finnish Forest Commission
Abbaye de Sorèze, 9 - 11 March 2010
Heikki Granholm, Director
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
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Forest sector's situation
Updating Finland's NFP 2015
Reform of forestry organisations
Policy developments
EU forest affairs
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FOREST INDUSTRY SITUATION
Forest industry production volumes in Finland since 1960’s
mill. tonnes/cum
2008
Pulp and paper - 8%
Sawn softwood -21%
Value of production
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-25%
-20%
-25%
2010
+5%
+5%
+5%
Strong development of new wood-based
products and services needed; excellent
renewable resource base.
Competitiveness of forest sector is a
concern.
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DECREASE OF TIMBER HARVESTING
100
Million m3
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90
80
NFP target
domestic wood
Imported roundwood
70
60
Timber harvesting
2008 2009
2010
-10% -20%
+15%
50
40
NFP target 70 Mill.m3
unrealistic
Realistic level for the
coming years 50 Mill.m3
30
Domestic roundwood
20
10
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
2005
2010
2015
Industrial use of roundwood 1970 -
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UPDATING NATIONAL FOREST
PROGRAMME 2015
November 2009 January 2010
Forest sector scenarios, foresight
January - May
2010
Mid-term evaluation of NFP 2015
June 2010
New orientations for NFP 2015 (National Forest Council)
Outlook for the future (MoAF report for the preparation of 2011
general election and the Programme of the new Government)
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FOREST ADMINISTRATION
State Secretary
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Special Advisor
Secretary-General
Departments
Agriculture
Forestry
Forestry promotion
State forestry
Legal affairs
International forestry
(30 pers.)
Fisheries
and
Game
Rural
Areas
and
Natural
Resources
Food
and
Health
Common
Units
Preparations for changes in
all organisations
13 Regional
Forest
Centres
(1000)
Forestry
Development
Centre Tapio
(85)
Metsähallitus
(State forest
enterprise)
(1800)
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Finnish Forest
Research
Institute Metla
(800)
113 Forest
Management
Associations
(1100)
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OTHER POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
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Updating Forest Act
Functioning of wood markets
Forest conservation; implementation of METSO programme
Renewable energy targets; national action plan and mobilization
of wood energy
• Increasing use of wood and wood based products
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EU FOREST AFFAIRS
Rural
development
Forest
sector
Internal
market
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"EU FOREST POLICY" DEVELOPMENTS
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Implementation of Forest Action Plan (ongoing 2007 - 2011)
Forestry activities in future Rural Development policies (ongoing -> 2013)
Illegal logging, FLEGT DD-Regulation (co-decision ongoing)
Green public procurement and promotion of forest products (ongoing)
Sustainablity criteria for biomass (CION's report February 2010 ->)
Role of forest sinks in EU's climate policy (ongoing)
Green paper on forest protection and information (March 2010 ->)
Comprehensive consideration of EU forest affairs needed on
basis of EU Forest Strategy and mid-term evaluation of FAP?
Possible linkages to Forest Europe LBA
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