General information

Forest.fi is a gateway to Finnish forests and forest sector. The Finnish Forest Association is responsible for the maintaining of the pages.

Magazine 60° North  is published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. It tells about the renewable natural resources in Finland to the European readers.

Knowledge bank of Finnish Forest Industries
Statistics and information on wood resources, industry production, use of wood and energy policy.

Governmental organizations

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
The Forestry Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry leads and develops Finnish forest policy. 

Regional Forestry Centres
The 13 Forestry Centres undertake governmental tasks, as surveillance of the forest law, but they also provide services to forest owners.

Finnish Forest and Park Service
A state enterprise that managems Finlands state own forests and most protected areas.

Finnish Environmental Administration
Joint web pages for Finland's environmental administration (Ministry of Environment, Finnish Environment Institute etc.)

Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla
Metla is the main forest research institute in Finland and one of the biggest forest research institutes in Europe.

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki

Faculty of Forest Science, Joensuu

Organizations

Forest Management Associations (FMAs)
FMAs offer training and provide professional assistance in forestry issues, thus protecting forest owners' interests and helping to achieve set objectives. Forest Management Associations are governed and financed by forest owners.

The Finnish Forest Association
The Finnish Forest Association is a cooperative body for organisations in the forestry sector and closely ralted fields which strives for increasing general approval of the responsible use of forests.

Finnish Forest Industries Federation`
Finnish Forest Industries Federation is a trade organization for Finnish forest companies who manufacture paper and wood products both in Finland and abroad.

Finnish sawmills Association
Finnish Sawmills is an independent organization which looks after its members´ interests in matters concerning raw material, production, by-products, markets and entrepreneurship.

WWF Finland
The nature conservation organization WWF Finland

Central Union for Agricultural producers and Forest Owners
MTK takes care of various interests and living conditions of farmers, forest owners, rural entrepreneurs and rural people.

Companies

Members of Finnish Forest Industries Federation

Members of Finnish sawmills Association