Newsletter of the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

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CONTENTS 1/2010
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Editorial  
EU should increase use of wood to tackle climate change  
Forest based sector challenges in Finland  
Building forest inventory capacity in Vietnam and Nepal  
Finnish forest growing stock 2.2 billion m3  
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Use of forests for recreation and outdoor activities. Cross-country skiing is a popular winter sport in Finland.

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EU should increase use of wood to tackle climate change

Read more on the opinion drafted by the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment of European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted in early 2009 .>Article
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Forest based sector challenges in Finland

What are the future prospects for the Finnish forest-based industry >Read more

 
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Building forest inventory capacity in Vietnam and Nepal

Metla provides expertise to respective partner agencies in developing countries. >Article
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Finnish forest growing stock 2.2 billion m3

The annual increment of growing stock in Finnish forests is approaching 100 million m3, being 99.5 million m3. For almost 40 years the standing volume in Finnish forests has continuously risen. More on the results of the Finnish National Forest Inventory (NFI) >Article
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Editorial

Forest Research in Finland has long traditions, and with pride I can say that it has greatly contributed to the strong state of the Finnish economy. This has made it possible for a small and rather poor country of the 19th century, to emerge in the 21st century as one of the advanced western democracies with a high level of education and general well-being.

> Read more Hannu Raitio