Management planning in protected areas Metsähallitus Laponia seminar Jokkmokk Esa Härkönen

2 What is Metsähallitus? –A state enterprise for managing state natural resources –Profitable business forestry, sale of soil resources sale and lease of holiday plots and sale of forest estates, Seedling and seed production –Natural Heritage Services management of state-owned protected areas, monitoring and protection of threatened habitats species managing game and fish resources and their use nature experiences and recreation infrastructure to people nature centres for extension –Extensive clientele from private citizens to big companies

3 Organisation Metsähallitus operates within the framework laid down by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; Metsähallitus's nature conservation duties are guided by the Ministry of the Environment. Metsähallitus Group DIRECTOR GENERAL Metsähallitus’s joint Group units and Service Centre FORESTRY Forestry Sales and marketing of wood to the forest industry and care of state-owned managed forests BUSINESS PORTFOLIO Laatumaa Real estate operations, focus on plots for holiday homes Fin Forelia Oy Produces and sells seedlings Siemen Forelia Oy Produces and sells seeds Metsähallitus Holding Oy Investments in sectors closely related to Metsähallitus’s activities NATURAL HERITAGE SERVICES Natural Heritage Services Management of national parks and other protected, wilderness and hiking areas, protection of species and habitats, produces hiking, hunting and fishing services

4 Effective management of state-owned lands and waters Commercial forests: 3.6 mil. ha Poorly and non-productive: 1.5 mill. ha (not used commercially) Protected, wilderness and other special areas: 4.0 mill. ha Water areas 3.4 mill. ha State (Metsähallitus) Companies Other Private forest owners Ownership of forest land in Finland

5 Regional Organisation of the NHS –Regional units Natural Heritage Services of Lapland Natural Heritage Services of Ostrobothnia Natural Heritage Services of Southern Finland -Core processes Management planning Nature conservation Recreation Game and fisheries

6 Well-functioning Planning Systems Based on up-to-date information on natural resources Site-specific operational planning Planning of management and use at special sites Sub-sectional ecological analysis Regional natural resource planning

7 Management plan as a tool for adaptive management in protected areas 1.Define area, values, threats 2.Develop goals, plan strategy, actions and monitoring 3.Implement actions and monitoring 4.Analyse data and adapt management 5.Document and learn

8 Interactive procedures Various provisions for state land and water areas are reconciled in open discussions. –Participatory planning citizens and stakeholders systematically involved in the planning process (Natural resource planning, management and use planning) everyday planning work also interactive –Regional advisory boards –Negotiations between reindeer herders and Metsähallitus --Akwé:Kon principles in Sami area –Utilising personal contacts and modern networks

9 Principles of Protected Area Management –Primary management aim is biodiversity conservation and maintenance of ‘naturalness’ –No inhabitants, no logging, reindeer herding and subsistence hunting allowed in the north, fishing almost everywhere –Mainly owned by the State and managed by Metsähallitus, small but often valuable private protected areas –Largely non-intervention management in the North, restoration activities increasing in the South –Recreation and nature tourism growing, park managers manage the infrastructure –No entry fees, every-man’s right highly valued –Major tool is management planning

10 Management planning contents in protected areas I STATE AND LAND USE HISTORY OF PLANNING AREA 10. Hunting and fishing IV STRATEGIES AND MEASURES VI MONITORING 1. Planning area description and status 11. Research use 19. Measures: nature conservation and restoration 28A. Impact of MP action 2. Statement of purpose of establishment (by site) 12. Other land use20. Measures: cultural heritage28B. Implementation of MP 3. Public participation: stakeholders II KEY VALUES AND THREAT ANALYSIS 21A. Measures: visitors and recreational facilities VII REFERENCES 4. Inland and marine waters 13. Key conservation and use values 21B. Measures: interpretation29. References 5. Geological features14. Threat analysis 22. Measures: hunting and fishing VIII APPENDICES 6A. Habitats summary: Natura 2000 habitat types III GOALS AND OBJECTIVES23. Measures: other land use App. 1. Regulations of privately owned sites 6B. Habitats summary: nationally threatened 15. Mitigation of threats 24. Measures: administration and cooperation App. 2. Provincial land use plan map 7A. Species summary: Habitats/Birds Directives 16. Development opportunities 25. Measures: buildings (other than on form 21) App. 3A. List of Natura 2000 habitats (by site) 7 B. Species summary: nationally threatened 17. Vision26. Resources App. 3B. List of Natura 2000 species (by site) 8. Cultural heritage 18A. Zonation: recreation and nature tourism zone V ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT App. 4. Proposal for site regulations 9A. Nature recreation: visitors and facilities 18B. Zonation: remote zoneApp. 5. Statement summary 9B. Nature interpretation: participants and services 18C. Zonation: restricted zoneApp. 6. Photos 27. Environmental impact assessment

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