The Finnish Bioeconomy
Sixten Sunabacka
Strategic Director
Forest sector and Bioeconomy
Ministry of Employment and the Economy of Finland
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Contents
• The Finnish bioeconomy
• Sustainble forest management as a basis for bioeconomy
growth
• Video; Headlines from the Finnish bioeconomy strategy
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Sustainable growth
from bioeconomy
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Bioeconomy: The next economic wave
GDP and
Well-being
Fossil economy
Natural economy
1900
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2014
2030
Bioeconomy uses sustainably biological natural resources to produce
materials, energy, food and services
Aims: Decrease dependency on fossil raw materials, prevent
deprivation of ecosystems, promote economic development and
create new jobs
Bioeconomy value chains (ecosystem)
Wood processing
Chemistry
Biomass
Energy
Food
Products
Expertise
Construction
Ecosystem and other services
Bioeconomy value chains produce goods, services and
solutions sustainably
and through clean technologies e.g. cleantech
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Bioeconomy’s significance in Finland
Turnover
€60bn
Share of
employment
13%
Share of
exports
26%
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Finland seeks to increase
its bioeconomy output to
100 bn euro and to create
100,000 new jobs
We have the renewable
resources, know-how and
industiral platform for
being a frontrunner
More than half of our
bioeconomy is forest
based
Innovation, collaboration and integration
make Finland a pioneer
Biodiesel from tall oil – combined with pulp production
Biogas and -ethanol from residues –
combined with pulp and sawnwood production
UPM
Metsä Group
Metsä Group
Bio oil from forest residues – combined with heath
and power production
Fortum
Wood in innovative urban construction
Government policy -The BCD-strategy
(Bioeconomy, Cleantech and Digitalisation)
“In industrial renewal, the bioeconomy, cleantech and
digital business will be the Government’s priority
sectors...”
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Strategy into action
1. Implemented in cooperation between
several ministries and other stakeholders
2. Coordinated by a strategic programme set
by the Government
3. Supported by a broad bioeconomy panel
of stakeholders chaired by the Minister of
Economical Affairs
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Implemented actions
Focus areas; Investments, regulation and export
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Boosting investments – An International Biorefinery Competition
Finnish bioeconomy priorities for the EU
A regulatory survey on ”Bioeconomy bottle necks and boosters”
A project on inventorying biomass resources
Promotion of exports of biobased products and technologies
Supportive actions
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A communication and media action plan
Tools for promotion and a public discussion
Finnish forests in a nutshell
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Total forest area 22,8 mill. ha (75 % of the land area)
Share of forest land owned by families 53 %
Strictly protected forests 2 mill. ha (9 %)
Certified forests of comercial forests 95 %
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The potential of Finnish forests
Finland’s well-being is based on our ability to use renewable resources
efficiently and sustainably. Forests and clean nature have always been the basis
of our existence.
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Conclutions
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Bioeconomy is the next economic wave
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Finland’s well-being is based on our ability to use
renewable resources efficiently and sustainably
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Finland is already offering the world sustainable
bioeconomy know-how and solutions
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We are ready to share this expertise and offer
solutions for resource efficient processing of
biomass
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Ask a Finn!
Bioeconomy.fi
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