In a statement, presented Friday, January 21, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation says that forest regeneration must be considered, when developing forest management methods. A working group appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Finland wants to amend forestry legislation. Any modernization of forest management practices must ensure the good growth and availability of timber also in the future, according to the Forest Industries Federation.The majority of forest owners value the profitability of forestry. This is why they favour prevailing forest management methods, which produce a lot of wood for markets and processing. Owners also use different methods to reconcile the commercial utilisation of forests with other values in different parts of their forest estates. For some owners, the yield of a forest is not the most central object – not in all parts of their forest holdings, at least. Alternative, researched methods, which also result in the production of wood for processing, are needed for such forest owners, the Federation writes in its statement.However, the introduction of new forest management methods must not lead to the proliferation of low-yielding forests. If profitability of forestry yields is low, forest regeneration slows down. This would mean that Finland could in the future avail of less abundant forest resources.