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Juha Hakkarainen

Forest director

The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK)

Potential areas for improved co-operation between French and Finnish forest owners

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Strengthening of PEFC

• Starting point: FSC dominates on forest product markets, lack of FSC timber has saved PEFC

• This is true despite the fact that FSC and PEFC are nowadays very close to each other on operational level

• Main reason for current situation is that we (in PEFC) have focused on forests while ENGOs are still leading the market development of FSC

• Priority is to shift the focus from forest to markets and marketing of PEFC

• All PEFC members have to contribute to a common goal

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Strengthening of PEFC – Finnish activities

• PEFC Finland has created an own communication plan for 2010• The plan focuses on increasing demand for PEFC by improving

the visibility of PEFC considerably• It also aims at:

increasing the PEFC CoC-certificates/licenses

increasing awareness of certification and PEFC amongst forest owners

• Main actions include:

Participation in exhibitions

News sheets and news letters

Marketing events

Visibility in different medias

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Enhancing the use of wood

• Climate change creates an unique opportunity to increse the use of wood

• Big potential especially in wood constructions

• Actions needed both on national and EU-levelIn Finland forest owners and forest industry have started a common initiative

to raise awareness on political level your success in France inspires us

• EU could and should take an active role in enhancing the use of wood by: modernising building standards creating environmentally oriented financing programs supporting wood in green public procurement

• Forest sector should raise the issue on political agenda in Brussels

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The use of wood is vital.The use of wood has significant impact on

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National economy Employment

Metsäteollisuuden selviytymiseen Climate changeSuccess of the forest industry

4.11.2009

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If European homes were built out of wood instead of concrete, the environmental load caused by housing construction would reduce substantially

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Source: Building information environmental declarations

4.11.2009

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Enhancing the use of wood energy

• RES directive offers political momentum for wood energy

• By June 2010 MS have to deliver their renewable energy actions plan to Commission

• In Finland the share of renewable energy has to be increased from 28% to 38%, wood is the most important source

• Currently the shift is even bigger due to shutdowns of Finnish pulp production

• Estimates say that the current use of woodchips (5 milj. m3) should be increased to 16 milj. m3

• How this will be done is still open we are interested to hear the French situation and activities

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Use of forest energy and the target of the climate and renewable energy strategy

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Improving forest owners’ voice in Brussels

• Starting point: Forests are increasingly on EU’s agenda, at the same time forest-related decision-making is scattered and EP is increasing its decision power

• This sets new challenges for lobbying

• CEPF and Copa-Cogeca is doing a good job but they need the help of national organisations especially in EP lobbying

• This requires that member organisations: know what CEPF is currently lobbying know what is expected from them

Coordination between organisations needed

• MEPs have a strong national agenda and therefore they prefer listening their countrymen in various issues

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Number of Private Forest Holdings by Size Classes 1.1.2007

Source: National Board of Taxes

forest holdings with forestry fee 312 508 units, average size 31,2 ha(all forest holdings over 2 ha 443 740 units, average size 23,6 ha)

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An average age of private forest owners is 60 years

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An average age of new forest owners is 52 years

Source: Forest owner 2010, Finnish Forest Research Institute

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An average size of private forest holdings and timber sales, 2004-2008

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Parcelisation of family forests in Finland

• What are the drivers for the forest holding parcelisation in family forestry?

Overall economic factors have been in major role in parcelisation

• How to control forest holding parcelisation in Finland?

A new inheritance and donation taxation system for forest holdings

• Business as usual: older forest owners and smaller holdings

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Thank you!