Creative destruction in Finland’s forest sector

Creative destruction is a process, in which the old economic structure is replaced by a new and better one. In the Finnish forest sector, this kind of process took place in the late 19th century, when tar production vanished and pulp and paper production emerged. Now the forest sector appears to be again in the similar state. The beginning of the creative destruction process is a hard time for many since the negative destructive impacts dominate. However, once the positive creative impacts start to be firmly established, new economic vitality is to be expected.

Read the article written by Metla´s Senior Researcher Lauri Hetemäki

How are carbon sinks and emissions of forests monitored?

Forests serve as natural carbon sinks, but Forest land and Wetlands can also be sources of emissions. As a part of the national greenhouse gas inventory, Metla estimates and reports sinks and emissions of the land use, land-use change and forestry sector of Finland according to the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the supplementary Kyoto protocol.

Read more about the Finnish greenhouse gas reporting on Metla's new website