Through sustainable forest management, we diversify the composition of our forests. For example, by increasing the volume of deadwood, and by introducing more broadleaved trees to forest stands, we improve the biodiversity of commercial forests. This helps commercial forests better resemble natural ones, making them more habitable for organisms reliant on diverse forest structures. By these actions we aim to increase the features typical for natural forests in commercial forests, and thus to safeguard the living conditions of habitants of threatened species. Diverse forests grow faster and healthier and, thus, are more resilient to the changing climate.
Forest management
In forest management, we monitor our progress through four key indicators:
We measure our impact on:
Tree species
In light of current research data, increasing the proportion of broadleaved trees improves the forest’s growth and yield as well as the diversity of its species and its resilience to climate change.
Target: Increase the volume of broadleaved tree species
Metric: Share of broadleaved trees in UPM’s Finnish forests
Deadwood volumes
About a quarter of the species living in our forests in Finland are directly or indirectly dependent on decaying wood.
Target: To increase the amount of deadwood to 10 cubic metres per hectare
Forest age and structure
Different species are adapted to forests of different age. The rotation cycle of UPM-owned commercial forests is long, and only part of the forests are renewed annually. Retention trees, shelter for game and continuous-cover silviculture help maintain an uneven-aged forest structure.
Target: Maintain diverse forest age structures
Metric: Share of over-100-year-old forests of total land in UPM-owned forests in Finland (%), 2018.
Forest structure
Target: Maintain and increase diverse forest structures
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