?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4946%2F&rft.title=Socio-Economic+Importance+of+the+Boreal+Forests+in+the+Nordic+Countries&rft.creator=Hyttinen%2C+P.&rft.creator=Solberg%2C+B.&rft.description=This+paper+gives+an+overview+of+the+socio-economic+significance+of+forest+resources+and+their+utilization+in+the+Nordic+countries.+The+investigation+covers+Finland%2C+Norway+and+Sweden%2C+where+coniferous+forest+with+some+birch+and+other+broadleaved+trees+is+the+natural+forest+type+in+most+areas.+%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom+the+viewpoint+of+national+economy%2C+the+major+part+of+the+socio-economic+benefits+from+forests+comes+from+the+large-scale+forest+products+industry.+In+vast+rural+areas%2C+forestry+is+also+significant+in+the+context+of+regional+development.+%0D%0A%0D%0ABecause+of+relatively+strong+competitiveness+of+the+forest+products+industries%2C+it+is+likely+that+the+role+of+the+Nordic+countries+will+remain+high+in+satisfying+the+world's+demand+for+forest+industry+products.+Timber+resources+as+such+are+not+a+limiting+factor+to+the+expansion+of+forest+products+industries+in+these+countries.+However%2C+nature+protection+and+nontimber+values+of+forest%2C+among+other+factors%2C+lower+the+usable+potential+of+timber+resources+for+industrial+purposes.+The+most+challenging+task+is+to+find+a+sound+balance+in+which+both+the+economic+and+environmental+functions+of+forests+can+be+fulfilled+simultaneously.&rft.publisher=WP-96-081&rft.date=1996-07&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4946%2F1%2FWP-96-081.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hyttinen%2C+P.+%26+Solberg%2C+B.++(1996).++Socio-Economic+Importance+of+the+Boreal+Forests+in+the+Nordic+Countries.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-081+++++