Finnish forests: trees, yields, costs, value?

This data-base aggregates interesting numbers from the Natural Resources Institute of Finland, which is effectively a ‘gold standard’ for forestry data.


It spans across a national industry that produces 75 mmcm of wood per year, while having also accumulated 1bn tons of biomass over the past century. The industry generates โ‚ฌ20bn per annum in value while supporting 60,000 jobs.

A good rule of thumb is that a Finnish forest will accumulate around 5 m3 of biomass per year, mainly pine and spruce, worth around โ‚ฌ60/m3 (gross), while the costs of forestry are around โ‚ฌ20/hectare/year and the costs of harvesting are around โ‚ฌ20/m3.

Splits are also given in later tabs of the data-file between pines, spruce, birch, other species, saw wood, pulp wood and thinnings.

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