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 ownership
category, 2010
Value added in the forest sector and its share in
gross domestic product (GDP), 1975–2010
Annual changes in the total GDP and forest
sector’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 private
forests, 1991–2010
Production and domestic comsumption of sawn
goods, 1980–2010
Production and domestic consumption of paper
and 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 total
regional GDP by
forestry centre, 2008
Employment of
forest sector in
Europe,total in
thousend in 2010
Proportion of forest
sector (inlc. Furniture
industry) of
employed persons by
forestry centre, 2010