Finland and the Finnish forest industry making a strong contribution in EU to prevent illegal logging
Finnish forest industry has actively contributed to the work of Finnish authorities in order to implement FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade) process within EU. The EU’s FLEGT action plan contains several measures for the prevention of illegal logging.EU's FLEGT decree was approved unanimously in 2005. Finland participated actively in the preparing process. The World Bank and Russia organised a ministerial conference in St Petersburg later in 2005 to continue work to prevent illegal logging. Finland was participating in the steering group work and also was one of the