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The forest industry is the main source of income for many regions in Finland. It accounts for approximately 20 per cent of all Finnish exports. [3] Chemical forest industry (also known as paper and pulp industry) produces paper, cardboard and pulp. Finland has 25 paper mills, 14 cardboard mills and 15 pulp mills. In 2014 they employed 22 000 ...
The National Land Survey of Finland (Finnish: Maanmittauslaitos, Swedish: Lantmäteriverket) is an official body, dealing with cartography and cadastre issues in Finland. It is subordinated the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. On May 1, 2012 the National Land Survey opened its topographic datasets for free use. [3]
In the narrow sense of the terms, wood, forest, forestry and timber/lumber industry appear to point to different sectors, in the industrialized, internationalized world, there is a tendency toward huge integrated businesses that cover the complete spectrum from silviculture and forestry in private primary or secondary forests or plantations via the logging process up to wood processing and ...
The forest is a natural system that can supply different products and services. Forests supply water, mitigate climate change, provide habitats for wildlife including many pollinators which are essential for sustainable food production, provide timber and fuelwood, serve as a source of non-wood forest products including food and medicine, and contribute to rural livelihoods.
A lumber yard sorting table in Falls City, Oregon Frank A. Jagger loads his boat full of lumber at the Albany Lumber District in Albany, New York in the 1870s. A lumber yard is a location where lumber and wood-related products used in construction and/or home improvement projects are processed or stored.
Dimensional lumber made from softwood is typically used for construction, while hardwood boards are more commonly used for making cabinets or furniture. Lumber's nominal dimensions are larger than the actual standard dimensions of finished lumber. Historically, the nominal dimensions were the size of the green (not dried), rough (unfinished ...
Pulp and paper companies of Finland (13 P) Pages in category "Forestry in Finland" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Landforms of Southwest Finland (22 P) U. Landforms of Uusimaa (1 C, ...