Projects
There are several considerable, cross-unit projects under way at Metsähallitus. One of the most significant ones is our participation in the implementation of the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland (METSO).
Life Nature Projects
Nature protection actions financed under this instrument contribute to the implementation of the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. In particular, the actions aim to maintain and restore the habitats and species listed in both Directives to a favourable conservation status.As the creation of NATURA 2000 as a coherent ecological network of protected areas in the EU is central to both Directives, Life Nature is focused to them.
The overall objective of Life financing is to promote the implementation of Community policy and legislation in the field of the environment.
Structural Funds Projects
The aim of the European Union's regional and structural policy is to reduce the regional differences within the European Union by giving support to the least developed areas. The resources of the structural funds will be focused on the realisation of the target programme of the member states. This financing can be used to carry out various kinds of environmental projects.
Apart from the target programmes, the structural funds render financing to so-called community initiatives which aim at resolving problems on the European scale. It is a transboundary cooperation programme whose aim it is to speed up the European integration by cutting down obstacles that national frontiers present for the cooperation.
The maximum financing from the structural funds can be 50 per cent of the project costs. The remainder is national financing.