Forestry
Forest industry is important to Norway. Active and profitable forestry and a competitive forest industry is of importance to settlement, employment and business development in large parts of the country. The potential for increased value creation is large.
Forestry
The potential for increased value creation is large.Forestry policy must facilitate sustainable resource management, where harvesting does not exceed the regrowth rate, and take into account other essential functions of forests - as wildlife habitat, recreational arena for people, and as storage and sinks of carbon.
Use of wood
Wood is a renewable and climate friendly raw material that is increasingly in demand. It is a goal to increase the use of wood to replace materials with a more detrimental impact on the climate.
Hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation
The outback is by age-old tradition very important also as a recreation arena in Norway, where a sizeable segment of the population go to enjoy hunting, fishing and trekking. These values, too, are promoted under the stewardship of sustainable forestry.
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Documents
- NOU 2023: 25 - The transition to low emissions Norwegian Official Report (NOU) 27/10/2023
- Meld. St. 16 (2019–2020) - New goals for Norway’s cultural environment policy Report to the Storting 17/04/2020
- NOU 2015: 15 - Environmental Pricing (Summary) Norwegian Official Report (NOU) 09/12/2015
- Parliamentary White Paper 31 (2014 - 2015) The Farm as a resource - The market as a goal - Growth and entrepreneurship in agriculture based industry - Report to the Storting 05/06/2015
- The Norwegian Forest Habitat Inventory Guidelines/brochures 30/06/2010
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Department of Forestry and Resource Policy
E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Phone:
22 24 92 50
Address:
Postboks 8007 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo