Biodiversity efforts must be fair not only to nature but to forest owners and the entire forest sector.

Finnish forest industry plays a significant role in the implementation of UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

The roadmap shows that several indicators of biodiversity have improved in Finnish forests.

Finnish Forest Industries Federation and Finnish Sawmills Association have published a biodiversity road map of the wood processing industry.

The European election campaign tone was just set, when the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined her policy priorities to EU lawmakers.

The coming months are important in the process of forming positions regarding the EU’s new packaging and packaging waste regulation both in the Parliament and in the Council.

The preparation of the EU Nature Restoration Law stays active.

EU´s research and innovation funding offers carrot for implementation of the ambitious climate policy objectives

The processing and export of wood-based products are of major importance to the Finnish economy.

The European Parliament voted in favour of amending the Commission’s proposal and continuing negotiations on the regulation. The forest industry expects further negotiations to better take into account the Member States’ diversity as well as the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of the measures.

The proposed directive on soil monitoring includes obligations for monitoring and reporting on the state of soil and sets the objective of achieving healthy soils by 2050.

Good forest management, functional forest road networks and extensive global collaboration are keys in preventing forest fires.

The finalised regulation must recognise the importance of sustainable, renewable materials in circular economy.

In the new scenario review by the Natural Resources Institute Finland, the amount of both decaying stemwood and retention trees will considerably increase over the next few decades.

The new action programme helps improve sunny and dry habitats in commercial forests as well as the status of species dependent on these habitats.

In Finland, there is a strong ambition to become the best country in the world in acknowledging forest biodiversity during harvesting. This would require top-class measuring and documenting.