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VESA PUOSKARI
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UPM
V
P, Stakeholder Relations, UPMEnergy and Public
Affairs at UPM,
Stefan Sundman,
emphasises the
importance of increasing wood supply fromprivate
forests to the successful rollout of forthcoming pulp
investments.
“The woodmarket has been steady in recent years. As a result of
new projects, the demand for pulpwood is increasing by six million
cubic metres annually. To meet this demand, tenmillion cubic
metres of timber will have to be felled.”
Current supply is not enough to satisfy demand. More wood
will have be sourced from somewhere, which presents
tangible opportunities for growth. Finland could
afford to increase its timber harvesting by one
third without exceeding sustainable felling
levels.
If the ever-growing demand for wood can
be met through domestic supply, stumpage
SEEING THE
FOREST FOR
THE TREES
Pulp investments planned in Finland are set
to significantly increase demand for wood
by 2018 – in fact so much that supply from
private forests will have to increase by
ten million cubic metres per year.
+10
Mm
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