state of finland’s forests 2012

State of Finland’s Forests 2012

Based on the Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management

Forest cover in Europe, as percentage of land area.

Areas in slash-and-burn agriculture in Finland in 1860 and 1913

The share of strictly protected forests of all forest land (%) in certain European countries (MCPFE class 1.1).

The organisation for the management and development of Finnish forests underlined to the

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Forest area, 1921–2010.

Areas ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944. The classification of forest land and low productive forest land in 1921–1953 does not correspond fully with the current classification.

Predominance of tree species on forest land, 1921–2008

Areas ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944

Growing stock volume on forest and low productive forest land, 1921–2010.

Areas ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944

Age structure of forests in the 1960s and the 2000s.

Carbon balance between emissions of fossil carbon dioxide and net changes in sequestration of carbon dioxide by forest land

(left). Changes of carbon sequestration of forest land by share of wooden biomass, dead organic matter and soil organic matter

(right), 1990–2010

Total energy consumption and consumption of wood-based fuels, 1970–2010

Consumption of wood-based fuels, 1970–2010

Total deposition of sulphate sulphur and nitrogen (nitrate nitrogen and ammonium nitrogen) in 2009

Defoliation frequency distribution for pine, spruce and broadleaves in mineral-soil sites, 1986–2008

from 2004 the figures also include reference trees on peatland

Occurrence of damaging agents reducing stand quality in timber production, 2008

Forest fires 1970–2010

Moose winter population and area of damages caused by moose, 1964–2009

Annual increment of growing stock (1935–2010) and annual drain (1950–2010)

Total roundwood removals, 1985–2010

Gross stumpage earnings, 1965–2010

Gross stumpage earnings per ha of forest land, 1965–2010

Coverage of forest planning in private forests, 1993–2010

Visits to national parks, hiking areas and nature centres, 2000–2010

Tree species dominance on forest land, 2010

Pure and mixed forest stands on forest land, 2010

Natural and regeneration by planting and seeding, 1965–2010

Land use in Finland, 2010

Nature conservation areas by forest vegetation zone, 2005

The quality of water protection in harvesting,1996–2010

Quality of water protection in soil preparation,1996–2010

The share of forest land area by forest ownershipcategory, 2010

Value added in the forest sector and its share in gross domestic product (GDP), 1975–2010

Annual changes in the total GDP and forestsector’s contribution to change, 1976–2010

The share of forest sector in the total regional GDP by forestry centre, 2008

Operating profit per ha of forest land in privateforests, 1991–2010

Production and domestic comsumption of sawngoods, 1980–2010

Production and domestic consumption of paperand paperboard, 1980–2010

Total real value of exports and exports of forest industry products, 1970–2010

Foreign trade in roundwood and forest industry products by product group, 2010

Employed persons in the forest sector, 1980–2010

Proportion of forest sector (inlc. furniture industry) of employed persons by forestry centre, 2010

Accidents at work in forestry, 1983–2008

Forest and other wooded land as% of land area

Growing stock volume per hectare (left) and volume (right) on forest, 2010

Carbon stock on forest biomass (abouve ground and below ground) in million metric tones

Net annual increment of growing stock and annual fellings in Europe (1950–2010)

Annual increment of growing stock (1935–2010) and annual drain in Finland (1950–2010)

Total energy production from wood as percent of the total national primary energy consumption

Total energy consumption and consumption of wood-based fuels, 1970–2010

Value of marketed non-wood forest goods, marketed plant product/raw material, 2005

Amount and value of various forest products, 2009

Total forest area protected (size of the pie) and the share of the protected area by MCPFE Classes 1.1–

1.3

(1.1 no active intervention, 1.2 minimum intervention, 1.3 conservation through active management) for biodiversity by countries in Europe (1,000 hectares and percent), 201012. Germany and Spain: included Natura 2000 forest areas in the MCPFE class 1.3.

Ownership of forest in Europe, 2010.

The share of forest land area by forest ownership category, 2010

Contribution of forest sector to GDP, 2010

The share of forest sector in the totalregional GDP by forestry centre, 2008

Employment of forest sector in Europe,total in thousend in 2010

Proportion of forest sector (inlc. Furniture industry) ofemployed persons by forestry centre, 2010