Finland promotes wood building as a part of the bio-economy.
2015-03-10,
Petteri Orpo, minister of agriculture and forestry in the Finnish government, thinks it important that society creates the right conditions now and in the future for development work on and marketing of timber construction.
Mr Orpo takes the view that the action the government has already taken to promote wood building, coupled with the relevant programmes, has been an important part of bio-economic strategy and the fight against climate change. "Forest work and wood processing are the backbone of the bio-economy. The wood products industry, which is a vital part of the construction industry as a whole, represents renewable, low-carbon materials which make it possible to switch to resource-effective building."
Mr Orpo considers the wood products sector and timber construction to be the backbone of the bio-economy. "This sector has an extremely bright future. Along with the technologies already developed, a great many new wood products have appeared that give added value and for which there is a demand both in domestic and foreign markets. Finland must be in the vanguard of this development work on the bio-economy."