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LATEST NEWS AND NEWSLETTERS
Tells about the Covernment Resolution on the
new METSO Programme.
Print version, pdf 1,42 Mb)
Expanding voluntary conservation and natural forestry
methods - Proposals for METSO II ready for approval
- More in the newsletter.
Print version
of the newsletter (pdf 1,07 Mb).
Stakeholder seminar boosted the preparation of METSO II
- More in the newsletter.
Print version
of the newsletter (pdf 1830 kb).
Swedish Government has given a task to its forest
administration agencies to make a proposition of new
guidelines for land acquisition targeting to establish nature
reserves. The task involves "applying the
experiences from the Finnish model of forest protection
[METSO] that is based essentially on [forest owners']
voluntariness [to offer ecologically valuable sites for protection]".
"Because there has been certain critics that
our current working schemes do not take enough into account
forest-owner's interests, and there has been more demand for
voluntariness in establishing nature reserves, I think this
will be the first step towards a more effective working scheme
- a scheme being experienced more as a dialogue between two
parties rather than something initiated by authorities",
says
Eskil
Erlandsson,
Minister of Agriculture in Sweden.
Original
article in "Skogen" magazine
(In Swedish)
METSO IN SHORT
In October 2002, the Finnish Government made a
decision on the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern
Finland 2003-2007, called the METSO Programme.
METSO is followed-up and an an evaluation report was published in
Nov 2006. Government's decision of a new Forest Biodiversity Programme
for the period of 2008-2016 was made in March 2008 together with an upgrade of
Finland's National Forest
Programme. - Follow METSO
Newsletters.
METSO IN 2003 - 2007
Summary of
the first
interim report (April 2005)
The second interim
report (summary, Jan 2006) presents stakeholders' and researchers' opinions on the
effectiveness of METSO, was published in Jan 2006.
Press
release.
Newsletter (1/2006).
METSO is a supplement
to
Finland’s
National Forest Programme 2010 with an action programme to
protect biodiversity in forests in southern Finland.
METSO contains altogether 17 sub-programs, including pilot
programmes to test new voluntary means for land-owners to
increase the biodiversity in their forests. METSO is also supported by a large research programme,
Forest Biodiversity
and Monitoring Programme in Finland (MOSSE). METSO is part of Finland's
contribution to the
international agreements.
The Government decision
on METSO
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RESEARCH SUPPORTING METSO
Presentations of research
programmes and list of projects.
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Presentations of individual Research Projects by researchers.
EARLIER NEWS AND NEWSLETTERS
The preparation of "METSO II", to build on the METSO Forest
Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland is progressing on
schedule, applying research findings and experiences gained
during METSO’s pilot phase (2002-2007).
Meanwhile, this summer plenty of tenders were submitted by
forest-owners offering to establish permanently protected
areas in their lands through METSO’s voluntary schemes. The
idea of privately-owned protected areas has proven to be
particularly popular, but larger sites have also been tendered
for purchases.
- More in the newsletter.
Print version
of the newsletter (pdf 3151 kb). More about METSO in
English on METSO's
international page.
A new brochure of the outcome and conclusions
of the METSO Programme has been published (web-pdf
2553 kb, pdf
for printing 7521 kb).
A new METSO video
available (16 June 2007)
A new 15 minutes video (DVD) is available on
METSO. The video has options for Finnish, Swedish and English
subtitles. You can order your own copy from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry by an email to eija.einola @ mmm.fi).
Successor to the METSO Programme is assured under the new
Finnish Government. The future continuation of the METSO
programme has been written into both the forestry and nature
conservation sections of the official programme of Finland’s
new coalition Government.
- print version (pdf
966 kb).
141 kb
246 kb
- Ökologische, wirtschaftliche und soziale Auswirkungen,
Schlussfolgerungen.
Résumé du Programme METSO pour la biodiversité forestière dans
le sud de la Finlande et publiée maintenant aussi en francais.
 Voluntary
conservation works in Finland - Article in 60 degrees
North 1/2007, published by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, pdf 1,4Mb.
the whole journal pdf 11,4 Mt(!)
Outline of the Forest Council concerning focuses and aims
for the forest sector - Biodiversity one of the key issues (from
page 16: chapters 3.5 and 3.6).
939 kb.
deals with the 5th annual METSO seminar, held
7th March at Heureka Science Centre in Finland, where more than 130
experts and stakeholders focused on the unique METSO
Programme's achievements and future solutions of
protecting biodiversity in Finnish forests. -
print version (pdf
1 Mb).
A compressed DVD presenting some types of forests fullfilling
the ecological criteria defined in the METSO Programme is
now downloadable
here (mpeg 106 Mt, ca. 10 minutes). The DVD has English
subtitles.
deals with the evaluation report of METSO,
preparation of the new Forest Biodiversity Programme, and
Finland's brand new Biodiversity Strategy. -
print version.
METSO playing the key role in
Finland's additional report to CBD (11 Dec 2006)
Finland's latest achievements in protection of
biodiversity were reported to CBD - Convention on Biological
diversity, in an additional report published on 4 Dec 2006.
The advances obtained through the METSO Programme played the
key role in the report. The report is a supplement to
Finland's 3rd National Report to CBD, delivered in June 2005.
The additional report (4 Dec 2006, pdf 179 kb).
Ministers Enestam and Korkeaoja seek continuation of the
METSO Programme (Nov 2006)
The Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland
METSO has been successful, as shown by the evaluation
published today (3 Nov 2006). The new voluntary conservation
measures are well suited to forest protection. Minister of the
Environment, Mr. Jan-Erik
Enestam
and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Mr. Juha
Korkeaoja
consider it important to draw up an action and financing
programme during 2007, aimed at further, significant
improvement in forest biodiversity.
The follow-up and evaluation report of the
METSO Programme was published in an occation held at Säätytalo
in Helsinki on 3 Nov 2006. -
Summary and conclusions
of the report (
216 kb
248 kb).
Press release.
Conclusions en Francais
349 kb
375kb).
Final seminar of
METSO-related research, 4-6 Sept 2006
"The research made under the METSO Programme has shown
that forest
biodiversity can be increased remarkably based on
forest-owners' voluntary offers, without weakening essentially
the prerequisites of sustainable forestry. We may have a clue
to a ”win-win” solution in reconciling forestry and forest
protection", summarized Mr. Jarmo
Vaittinen,
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, in the seminar. The seminar became a success in the joint attempt
of researchers, authorities and all forest- and
forestry-related stakeholders in seeking a research-based
solution to stop the loss of species and to increase
biodiversity in Southern Finland's forests.
 Also
a 387-pages book "METSOn jäljillä - Research report of the
Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland", was published in the
seminar.
The book provides the latest research results on biodiversity
issues concerning the forests of Southern Finland. -
English Summary of the book.
The
METSO Newsletter 6/2006
(29 Sept 2006) picks up some results of the report.
Version for
printing (854 kb).
Slides of the presentation
of Martin Sharman, EU, Brussels.
Other presentation summaries
will be available later on these pages. [End of Final seminar
news].
The
METSO Newsletter 6/2006
(29 Sept 2006, pdf 978 kb;
print version
2766 kb) picks up some results of the METSO evaluation report.
METSO Newsletter 5/2006
(27 Sept 2006,
pdf
960 kB;
print version 1935
kb) tells about results achieved by voluntary METSO
protection means on the land uplift coast of Finland.
METSO
Newsletter 4/2006 (21 June 2006, pdf
1070 kb;
print version
1531 kb)
tells how Finnish municipalities are increasingly favoring
biodiversity in their forests.
METSO
at EU's GREEN WEEK in Brussels
(5 June, 2006)
 The METSO Programme attended as
an exhibitor the EU's GREEN WEEK conference, held in
Brussels May 30 - June 2. This year the theme of the
week was Biodiversity. We were pleased to meet hudreds of
visitors at the METSO stand, to exchange and deliver
information on METSO's new approach to nature conservation
based on voluntariness to land owners. - See the METSO
Newsletters 2 and 3/2006 below.
METSO
Newsletter 3/2006 (30 May 2006, pdf 650 kb;
print version
1026 kb) tells how METSO is
bringing a new approach to nature conservation.
METSO
Newsletter 2/2006 (29 May 2006, pdf 781 kb;
print version
867 kb) presents the large
research work that is going on for the support of the METSO
Programme.
FFA's report from METSO's IV annual seminar at Turku (29 March
2006)
"The Metso Programme is turning the
biodiversity work in Finland from directives given by central
authorities into creative co-operation
at the local level", reports Hannes Mäntyranta
from the Finnish Forest Association in his
report from the seminar.
METSO
Newsletter 1/2006 (13 Feb 2006, pdf 629 kb) tells about
the Second interim evaluation report of the METSO Programme.
METSO Newsletter
5/2005 (22 Dec 2005, pdf 266 kB;
print version
915 kB) reports the research result that forest owners are
satisfied with the practice applied in natural values trading.
METSO Newsletter 4/2005 (9 Nov 2005, pdf 1,3 kB;
print version 2,7kB) tells about the first
evaluation report, conservation of the state-owned
forests in Southern Finland, and the ENGOs' forest
petition.
METSO Newsletter
3/2005
(19 July 2005, pdf 581 kB;
print version pdf 1205 kt) deals with forest restoration
in Finnish state-owned forests.
METSO
Newsletter 2/2005 (24 May 2005),
an 8-page review of the progress of METSO by the end of 2004.
(pdf
968 kB)
METSO
Newsletter 1/2005 (25 Jan 2005, pdf
405 kB;
print version)
METSO leaflet, April
2004 (8.4.2004, pdf 408kB)
METSO leaflet 6/2003
(22.10.2003, pdf 244kB)
METSO leaflet 2-3/ 2003
(30.6.2003, pdf 126 kB)
METSO leaflet
1/ 2003 (30.6.2003, pdf 126
kB
BROCHURES
METSO-booklet, 2004 -
a general description of the Programme. (pdf
960 kB)
SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
Slides
series on the renewed METSO Programme, May 2008,
839 kb
Slide
presentation of METSO by the ministries, Aug 2007,
2789kb). Presentation versions on
request from Ms Eija Einola, Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry (eija.einola
@ mmm.fi).
METSÄHALLITUS implementing METSO, 3 Dec
2004,
566 kB
Forest
conservation in Finland and the Forest Biodiversity Programme
for Southern Finland - the Finnish
Forest Assosiation, 24 May 2004
RELATED MATERIAL
Biodiversity in Finnish Forests (Dec
2003, published by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry and Ministry of the Environment, pdf file 1277 kB).
The brochure in German:
Biodiversität in
finnischen Wäldern
The brochure in Swedish:
Mångfald i
finländska skogar
METSO CONTACT PERSONS
Ms Marjukka Mahonen, Senior Advisor, tel.(int.)
+358 9 160 54626, marjukka.mahonen@mmm.fi
Mr Mikko Kuusinen, Programme Manager,
Ministry of the Environment,
tel.(int.) +358 9 160 39350,
firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi
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