Development and Demise of Forest Management Fee in Finland

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  • フィンランド森林管理賦課金制度の生成・展開・終焉
  • フィンランド シンリン カンリ フカキン セイド ノ セイセイ ・ テンカイ ・ シュウエン

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In 1950, the Forest Management Association Law was established in Finland. The forest management fee was newly enacted in this law. The forest management fee scheme was a system in which forest management associations provided forest management services using funds collected as annual and obligatory fees paid by forest owners. Forest management associations received substantial financial support through this system; the associations have played a major role in the post-war development of Finnish forestry. However, market liberalization since the 1990s has gradually altered the character of the forest management fee system. When Jyrki Katainen was elected prime minister in 2011, the new political regime attached importance to the discretion and responsibility of the forest owners themselves. In 2015, the forest management fee system will finally be abolished. In this paper, we discuss the ending of the establishment of the forest management fee system, which has been wavering between the public and private interest.

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