A lasting foundation for the well-being and prosperity of the Finnish people, established by the sustainable,

versatile use of forests. The Finnish Forest Research Institute will merge with MTT Agrifood Research Finland, the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and the statistical services of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Tike on 1 January 2015, to form Natural Resources Institute Finland.

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TasksThe Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) is a specialist research organisation which develops solutions to the challenges and questions posed by the care, utilisation, products, services and intangible value of forests.

Areas of strategic influence

Forests and the community

Sustainable silvicultural chains

A forest economy- and forest environment -based knowledge pool.

Entrepreneurial and business activity based on forests

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Strategic objectives

The economic, social and ecological operational prerequisites of forestry as well as its acceptability will improve.

Forest-related business operations based on intangible-value services will grow and become more comprehensive.

Sustainable silvicultural chains will enable the versatile usage of forests under changing conditions.

Business activity established on the basis of wood and forest biomass will increase vigorously and the value of both products and services will grow.

Forestry- and forest environment-based knowledge pools will be applied extensively and effectively for the promotion of bioeconomics and well-being.

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Research programmes

Forest for Multiple Purposes(2014-2018)

New Forest and Forest Biomass Based Products and Services(2013–2018)

FORESTENERGY2020(2012–2016)

Wood Energy - pathways to 2020 and beyond (2012–2016)

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Forests and Water(2013–2017)

Wood Materials and Products in the Development of Bio-Economy(2014-2018)

Other tasksMetla is in charge of several focal information services and official tasks of the forest sector:

Monitoring of forest health

Greenhouse gas reporting

Forest tree breeding

Forest statistics

Forest damage diagnostic and advisory service

Testing and inspection of pesticides

Timber scaling methods and guidelines

Monitoring nutrient export from forestry areas

National forest inventory

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Forest gene resources

Organisation

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

MANAGEMENT BOARD

DIRECTOR GENERAL

R & D services and knowledge and technology transferClients and

other intrerest groups

Official tasks

Clients and other

intrerest groups

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National and international

Metla is one of best known international forest research institutes in the world.

Metla’s products and services, and the data and know-how Metla generates and actively communicates, are utilised both nationally and internationally.

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Financing and Personnel

PersonnelMetla is one of the biggest forest research institutes in the Europe. The whole personnel is 650 and 47 percent of them are researchers.

In 2013 the overall budget of Metla was 54 million €.

37 million euros were expended on research

Other sources of financing with 11 million share were Ministry of Environment, Finlands Academy, Tekes, EU, Foundations, etc

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Metla servesConsultation and expert services

Forest statistics information services

Forestry modelling and analysis

Information systems and methodological consultation services

Laboratory services

Environmental impact assessment services

Know-how and education

Publication sales

Photo-archive

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Metla publishesStatistical Yearbook of Forestry

Finnish Forest Sector Economic Outlook

Working Papers

Dissertationes Forestales

Forest Finland in Brief

Media Releases, Newsletters and Online Services

Together with Finnish Society of Forest Science :Metsätieteen aikakauskirja - in Finnish and SwedishSilva Fennica - in English

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Thank you

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