Upper Lapland - How we see it
The three Ls model:
Local raw materials, Local labour, Local development
“Our forestry complies fully with the requirements for sustainable development,” declares Director of Forestry Hannu Jokinen.
“Local presence and service are manifest aspects of our operations throughout Lapland. Local renewable raw materials are cultivated locally using local labour.”
In line with its environmental objectives, Metsähallitus is aiming to improve socio-cultural sustainability. A basic premise of local culture is that everyone has the right to live and indeed work in their own home district. In the municipality of Inari, Northern Lapland, 200 people out of a population of 7000 are employed in forestry. Forestry provides the region with jobs and a livelihood
“Without forestry, Lapland would be a cold place for tourists, too. The forests keep Lapland populated and welcoming.”
“The diversity of nature is assured in these northern regions, as attested to vividly by the fact that the EU approved the inclusion of Sweden’s and Finland’s alpine areas, of which Upper Lapland is a part, in the Natura 2000 network,” Jokinen points out.
Metsähallitus and reindeer herders reconciled at Nellim
Read more from the press release published 24 August 2009