Conservation values can´t be measured solely in percentages.
Even if we could raise the proportion of forests under protection in Southern Finland as high as ten per cent, this would not necessarily achieve the best possible results in terms of preserving species. We need to develop more innovative conservation tools like those currently being tested in Southern Finland," says Finland´s Minister of the Environment Jan-Erik Enestam.

Minister Enestam´s views relate to a wide-ranging public debate concerning suitable objectives and policies for the protection of forests in Southern Finland. This debate has been given further prominence by a petition signed by more than 100,000 citizens calling for more protected areas to be established in the region´s forests.