Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
forest in Finland
Forestry seminar August 28, 2003
Petri Heinonen
1 2002
Conservation
areas, wilderness
reserves and
45%
other areas
4.1 mill.
hectares
Forest land in
managed forests
38%
3.4 mill.
hectares;
17 % of the
productive
forest land
17%
Participation
Stakeholders
participate in planning
Landscape
ecological
planning
Special
planning
Operational
planning
3 2002
The development of the method was started in 1993 together with Finnish Environment
Institute, Pilot plan of Vuokki in 1994 and large-scale launching of the project in 1995.
Objectives
To ensure the survival of an area's natural species over the long term
To ensure the multiple use of forests: game habitats, scenery, hiking routes, other
recreational use and forestry
To reinforce areas protected area network by valuable nature habitats in production
forests
To harmonise ecological, economical and socio-cultural objectives
General Principles
Planning area 20 000 - 100 000 hectares
Plans were drawn in cooperative projects by specialists representing forestry, nature
conservation and recreational use of forests
Stakeholders and local inhabitants are invited to participate
4 2002
Participatory planning
Working groups
Local inhabitants
National group of
specialists
Field inventory
Species
Dead and decaying wood
other structural features
5 2002
Game areas
Restoration
Scenic forests
Cultural values
Biodiversity
enhancement
areas
Targets for proportion of old-growth forests, broadleaved trees and broadleaved dominated
forests and for prescribed burning
6 2002
An open process: more than 6000 persons beyond Metshallitus participated in the
planning process one way or another.
All in all 168 000 hectares of Valuable Nature Habitats (WKH) of which
101 300 hectares on productive forest lands
28 000 hectares spruce dominated; the nature values of these will be preserved
permanently
129 500 hectares of productive forest land was left permanently beyond forestry
Metshallitus has put the landscape-ecological planning system into practice fairly
efficiently and quickly.
There are, however, some deficiencies and problems related to the scientific basis and
application of the planning system, and therefore further development is necessary.
9 2002
Environmental
Code of
Forestry
Instructions for
LEP
Monitoring
of impacts
Recreation
Nature Tourism
Natural livelihoods
Systems
GIS
Cutting Budget
Reporting
Monitoring of
Activities
Research
Development
Cooperation
Kainuu Project
Combining
NRMPs and
LEP
Participatory
Planning
Other Projects
PP at operational
level
BD enhancement
Prescribed burning
Restoration
Other
10 2002
Public
hearings
12
19
31
30
24
15
30
161
Participants
Comments
given
1600
2090
1700
4800
500
2800
5200
18 690
600
520
630
690
440
1350
2100
6330
Number of
stakeholder groups
60
43
60
70
35
47
87
402
Working group
meetings
20
34
20
26
11
10
58
179
Public
hearings
45
29
42
42
25
31
6
220
Participants
1090
670
515
542
510
935
150
4412
Working group
meetings
10
29
15
14
13
14
20
115
No. of stakeholder
groups
87
171
107
100
92
191
125
873
Other
occasions
10
7
10
30
2
9
32
100
Participants
250
108
149
71
13
200
152
943
11 2002
38260
35 000
30 000
25 000
20 000
15 000
10 000
5 000
0
12 2002
25
20
15
10
0
0-20
21-40
41-60
61-80
81-100
101-125
126-150
151-175
176-200
201-
13 2002
60
Commercial Forests
Ecologically Valuable Habitats
Scenic & Cultural Forests
50
40
30
20
10
Herb-Rich
Grass-Herb
Mesic
Mesic-Dry
Dry Site
2000
1500
1000
500
Nationally endangered
Regionally endangered
15 2002
200000
Ha
150000
100000
50000
16 2002
Retention Trees,
Final Fellings 19 %
Ecologically
valuable habitats
49 %
Areas subject to
limited forestry25 %
17 2002
35000
30000
25000
Other land
Waste land
Scrub land
Forest land
20000
15000
10000
5000
Capercaillie habitat, to be
checked
18 2002
Threedifferentareastobetakenintoaccountinforestry
1. The center of the Lek (breeding ground)
2. The Lek
the territories of the cocks, c. 20 ha
3. The breeding region
the day territories of the cocks, the radii
of the area c. 1 km
19 2002