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The “Metsähallitus Approach” to Address Biodiversity Loss in Public-business Partnership

The “Metsähallitus Approach” to Address Biodiversity Loss in Public-business Partnership. Rauno Väisänen. Contents of Presentation. Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services Metsähallitus Forestry Lessons Learned Major Challenges. Metsähallitus – State-owned Land and Water Areas.

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The “Metsähallitus Approach” to Address Biodiversity Loss in Public-business Partnership

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  1. The “Metsähallitus Approach” to Address Biodiversity Loss in Public-business Partnership Rauno Väisänen

  2. Contents of Presentation • Metsähallitus • Natural Heritage Services • Metsähallitus Forestry • Lessons Learned • Major Challenges

  3. Metsähallitus –State-owned Land and Water Areas • More than half of the state-owned lands are managed forests • forest land • poorly productive land • non-productive land

  4. Metsähallitus – Some Key Figures 2004

  5. Board Metsähallitus - a State Enterprise Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ministry of the Environment Natural Heritage Services Forestry

  6. Basic Facts on Finnish Protected Areas 1 • Management principles • Primary aim is biodiversity conservation and maintenance of ‘naturalness’ • No inhabitants • No logging • Reindeer herding and subsistence hunting allowed in the north • Financing • Financed by the government • Almost all publicly-owned and managed by Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services • Mostly based on nation-wide conservation • programmes, full compensation to private land-owners

  7. Basic Facts on Finnish Protected Areas 2 • Good baseline information • Good Nordic scientific tradition • National inventories (such as forest, fish and game) • Environmental monitoring (such as water and air quality) • Excellent Red Data Books utilising revised IUCN/SSC categories • Extensive biotope and species inventories and monitoring going on • Efficient GIS-based databases as a major tool in management planning

  8. Sq. km. Type No. Basic Facts on Finnish Protected Areas 3 Protected areas on Dec 31, 2005 15,683 14,903355 1,4067,344 24,330 69,929 494 127 191 523 Statutory protected areas Wilderness areas National hiking areas Other recreational areas Areas reserved in conservation programmes Public water areas Not included in the above numbers Total area managed Not all categories given above

  9. Public Administration Duties • management of statutory protected areas and other areas reserved for conservation • protection and care of endangered species • management of wilderness areas, recreational areas and other special areas • purchase of areas for conservation • free-of-charge hiking services for the public • customer services for Metsähallitus as a whole • public authority issues relating to nature protection • game, fisheries and off-road traffic • law enforcement • forest tree seed acquisition and security storage • duties related to floating infrastructure

  10. National Parks of Metsähallitus • A total of 34 national parks • Total area 8 789 sq. km. • Over 1 410 000 visitors in 2005

  11. Natura 2000 Network in Finland • Based mostly on the existing network of protected areas • Founded on grounds set by the European Union • Aims at safeguarding biodiversity within the European Union • Finland a member of the European Union since 1995 • Natura 2000 Sites in Finland: • Total area 59,930 sq. km. • Total area on Metsähallitus lands 42,840 sq. km. (71 per cent)

  12. HELCOM BSPA sites National marine and coastal protected areasNatura 2000 marine sites Marine Protected Areas in Finland • All of Finland’s BSPA sites have legal status as sites proposed for the European Union’s Natura 2000 network • Or, as national protected sites, on state-owned or on private water or land areas • All state-owned coastal waters (over 3 million hectares) are administered and managed by Metsähallitus FINLAND

  13. Natural Heritage Services • Three regional units • Four core processes • Nature conservation • Recreational use of nature • Protected area management planning • Game and fisheries • Personnel in 2005 • Permanent 340 • Seasonal labour 690 • Work input in 2005 • Person years 580

  14. Director Rauno Väisänen OSTROBOTHNIA Regional DirectorArto Ahokumpu LAPLAND Regional DirectorJyrki Tolonen Area ManagerSeppo Manninen Area ManagerHannu Lehtonen Area ManagerPirjo Seurujärvi Area ManagerJarmo Väisänen Area ManagerErkki Turtinen Area ManagerMika Laakkonen Area ManagerAulikki Alanen Area ManagerMatti Hovi Area ManagerYrjö Norokorpi Area ManagerSakari Kokkonen Area ManagerErkki Virolainen Area ManagerSamuli Sillman Regional TeamsSuperintendents Regional TeamsSuperintendents Regional TeamsSuperintendents Natural Heritage Services Organisation as of Jan 1 2006 STEERING UNITS SOUTHERN FINLAND Regional DirectorStig Johansson Deputy DirectorM-L Hintsanen ADMINSTRATION DirectorMatti Määttä DEVELOPMENTPROJECTS ManagerMarkku Vickholm PA MANAGEMENT PLANNING P R O C E S S E S ManagerOlavi Joensuu GAME and FISHERIES ManagerAimo Saano NATURE CONSERVATION ManagerAnneli Leivo RECREATION

  15. Natural Heritage Services • Mission • We manage our areas in accordance with the best practices based on research and experience to protect natural diversity and cultural values. • We provide our customers with a possibility to recreation in and learning about nature. • We create opportunities for nature tourism and sustainable regional development. • We do cooperation on national and international level. • We develop our service competence and the effectiveness and productivity of our operations.

  16. Natural Heritage Services • Vision 2010 • The favourable conservation status of species and habitats in our areas is safeguarded. • Our services are appreciated and promote welfare of nature and man.

  17. Financing of the NHS in 1990 - 2005

  18. Financing of the NHS in 2005 Ministry of the Environment 34,36 me 64 % Other Funding 1,01 me 2 % 5,25 me Income 10 % 1,88 me European Union 4 % 1,30 me Ministry of the Interior 2 % 6 % 3,08 me Ministry of Labour 12 % 6,47 me Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Total Funding 53,35 me

  19. Ecosystem-oriented Biodiversity Conservation • core areas • biodiversity enhancement areas • connectivity areas • areas of structural development of commercial forests Case: Malahvia

  20. New Environmental Guide • the amount of dead and decaying wood will be increased in commercial forests during the coming decades to 10 cubic meters per hectare and in commercial forests with special protection status to 20 cubic meters per hectare. • buffer zones with specified forestry measures will be established around small (less than 1000 hectares) but ecologically valuable protected areas in Southern Finland, in order to support the functionality of the protected area. • new low-impact harvesting methods will be developed to be used e.g. in areas with logging restrictions. • high conservation value forests will usually be set aside or carefully managed in close collaboration with the NHS to maintain the ecological values of the site.

  21. Benefits of Public-business Partnership • positive impact on forestry policies and practicies • "service company" identity of the NHS › • joint planning processes and tools • efficient information management › • professional habitat restoration › • buffer against political turbulences • good relationships with forest industries

  22. Disadvantages of Organisational Structure • public image of the NHS • limitations of external communications of the NHS • time-consuming negotiations

  23. Global Goals and Local Actions National organisation, global goals and local actions • CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas, climate change, sustainable development: • how to translate the messages for ordinary citizens? • Credibility at all levels • Practitioner approach • Cooperation with international NGOs and businesses

  24. Major Challenges • Spatial connectivity: ecosystem approach • Baseline information • Funding and productivity

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