1. Koli Forum 2011 Ritva Toivonen Director General Forestry Development Centre TAPIO Shifting froma traditional forest sector expertto a forerunner in bioeconomy

2. Forest and other wooded land as % of land area. Source: State of Europes Forest 2011.FINLAND 2010 - THE MOST FORESTED COUNTRY IN EUROPE 3. Tapio - a part of theforestry success story since 1907 09/23/11 1907 2011 Productive yet sustainable forestry Results of deforestation 4. Tapio sincethe early 1900s Our key focushas been in unfolding the latest research knowledge and developing it asbest practices insustainable forest management , in Finland.Forest tree seeds since 1950s. Particularlyprivate small-scale forestry . 5. Sources: Statistical Yearbook of Forestry 2010, Finnish Forest Research Institute, forest.fi 1960 2008 6.

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CC BY 2.0 NASA 7. Sustainability Efficiency Renewability CC BY 2.0 NASA Bioeconomyis the solution 8. 09/23/11 The World Changes So Do We Forests area part of bioeconomy.Nationally - Internationally Green growth 9. Bioeconomy- policy & business SustainableForest and Water Management Natural Resource Data Management

Knowledge support forbioeconomy policy planning

Developing structuresfor forestlaw enforcement

Economics in private forestry

Modern inventory technologiesfor biomass and nature values

Fiber availability and carbon balanceanalyses & follow-up

Sustainability criteria& evaluation

Developing models forecosystem services

Best practices insustainable forest management and bio-energyproduction

Company. Market based.Serves widely public and private sectors.Tapiomovesforwards 10. Our expertiseand services inbioenergy sector: Education, training and consulting services Development projects and guidelines (harvest and produce energy wood) Our clientsare forest and energy industry companies and other stakeholders. 11. 09/23/11 International customers Training, extension, information services Service for landowners and industry Services fordecision makersBiomass production,expertise & materials 12. Our goalis thatyou canwalk through the forest with asmile.Thank you! www.tapio.fi/bioeconomy