Objectives of Non-industrial Private Forest Owners: Differences and Future Trends in Southern and Northern Finland

The study describes and explains the differences in the objectives of non-industrial private forest owners between southern and northern Finland, and provides a forecast of the changes in these objectives for southern Finland. The analysis was based on a mail inquiry data covering the whole country (n=2056). The results suggest that economic objectives were more important in southern Finland than in northern Finland, where objectives seem to be less divergent. Future changes in the objectives will not substantially affect the roundwood supply from southern Finland, where the most of the industrial roundwood is purchased.