Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland, will organize in cooperation with Ministry of the Environment, a webinar on October 23rd regarding Closer-to-Nature Forest Management. In the morning, there will be a presentation by the Commission about the guidelines that were published in summer. After that, we will hear about boreal perspectives and have a discussion. 

Time: 23.10. klo 9.30 – 11.45 (UTC +3)

Place: The event will be held on Teams platform

Please register by 19.10. The link to participation will be sent on 20.10.

Programme:

Morning session (in English)

9.30 Opening words, Permanent Secretary Jaana Husu-Kallio, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

9.45 Guidelines on Closer-to-Nature Forest Management, Desk officer Stefanie Schmidt, European Commission

10.30 Boreal perspectives on the guidelines, Chief Specialist Katja Matveinen, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Senior Ministerial Adviser Maarit Loiskekoski, Ministry of the Environment

10.45 Experiences from Sweden, Nature conservation specialists Helena Dehlin and Magnus Magnusson, Swedish Forest Agency

11.00 Discussion

11.45 Lunch break 

The discussion will continue in the afternoon in Finnish

Welcome!

The event will not be recorded.

Further information:

Katja Matveinen, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, tel.0295162287
Maarit Loiskekoski, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of the Environment, tel.0295250169
Josefiina Tiainen, Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, tel.0295162317
E-mails: forename.surname@gov.fi