eServices for forest owners and service

eServices for forest owners and service

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Metsään.fi
Metsään.fi provides eServices for forest owners and forestry service providers. The online application shows the silvicultural possibilities of each forest estate and their compartments. 

The Metsään.fi-service included in the Metsään.fi-website is a free e-service for forest owners and corporate actors (companies, associations and service providers) in the forest sector, which aim is to support active decision-making among forest owners by offering forest resource data and maps on forest properties, by making contacts with the authorities easier through online services and to act as a platform for offering forest services, among other things. In addition to the Metsään.fi-service, the website includes open forest data services that offer the users national forest resource data that is not linked with personal information.Metsään.fi is quite easy to use and it provides the forest owner many new flexible services. It is safe system because strong identification is needed. When you log in to the Metsään.fi service, you will see all the forest holdings you own. You will also see the jointly owned forest holdings where you are a single shareholder. You have one place where you can take care of your forest affairs and plan the management of your forest assets. You will have free access to forest data and a transaction service collected with public funds.
Sustainability Potential
Very positive, shows the cutting possibilities and demand of silvicultural measures
Impact on environment & biodiversity
Very positive, shows the environmental values (habitats of special importance) in the compartments of the forest estate
Economic impact
Communication between forest owners and forestry service providers
Job effect
Positive, new jobs for service providers
Income effect
Positive, forest owners sell wood and services providers get income
Specific knowledge needed
Not any specific knowledge needed
Domain
Inventory, monitoring
Forest management, ecosystem, resilience
Keywords
virtual tool 3D
Type of solution
Advice and services for forest owners
Digital solution
Yes
Scale of application
National
Start and end year
2012 -
Contact data
Owner or author
Finnish Forestry Center
Minttu Koponen
Reporter
Lapland University of Applied Sciences
Merja Laajanen
References and Resources
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood 4.0