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Beyond timber: how experts envision the future of non-wood forest productsBerry picking (photo credit: Rainer Peltola)

Beyond timber: how experts envision the future of non-wood forest products

Published December 10, 2025 by Gesche Schifferdecker

by Gesche Schifferdecker, Jukka Tikkanen, Mikko Kurttila, and Rainer Peltola

When you explore a Finnish forest with experts like Jukka Tikkanen, Mikko Kurttila, and Rainer Peltola, you quickly realise that the forest economy is far richer than timber alone. Between the trees and under the canopy lies a quiet abundance: branches from Spruce trees, sap from birches, mushrooms, resin, berries. And now, more than ever, these non-wood forest products (NWFPs) are gaining attention in forest planning.

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The Forest Biodiversity Programme METSO – voluntary forest conservation and management in private forests

The Forest Biodiversity Programme METSO – voluntary forest conservation and management in private forests

Published June 3, 2019 by Maria Schlossmacher

During the meeting of the European Network Integrate in Toruń, Poland, Sanna Kasurinen, from the Finnish Forest Centre, presented the METSO-programme, an initiative aiming to halt the ongoing decrease of biodiversity of forest habitats and species in Finnish forests. The Forest Biodiversity Programme in particular addresses private forest owners. The overall objective is that based on a voluntary agreement, nature conservation is enhanced and communication improved on biodiversity of forest habitats and ecosystem services amongst stakeholders.

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