the centre-in-office, minister of economic Katri Kulmuni worth of Land – and forest owners the central union (MTK) suggested forest reduction of order to increase.

currently, the forest owner can reduce forest reduction as part of the forest acquisition of forest capital income taxation. The number is now 60% of the forest acquisition. MTK’s opinion, the reduction should be increased to 90%.

forest reduction in the increase in the prevent mode of fragmentation, promote changes of generation and to encourage the forest assets, the preservation of the Finnish family-owned, Kulmuni said the party bulletin.

Kulmuni granted to Yle, that forest reduction increases agreed in the government programme.

This implementation requires that support be found also in other government parties. The center is a line to the election programmes, that increase would be reasonable, he said.

Kulmunin according to the exact forest the reduction of the target level has not been on the table. Yesterday the prime minister’s party the SDP John Koskinen evaluates to Yle, that forest reduction increases have right now makes sense.

Center of hope domestic ownership

MTK has been concerned about the fact that forests move so foreign than domestic regards funds management.

in the financial sector care is considered strange. Yle yesterday interviewed by the portfolio managers estimate that the funds through the Finnish forests are owned mainly to Finnish retail investors, who cannot afford or knowledge to buy the forest itself.

of course the emergence of new forms of ownership, Kulmuni said to Yle.

– not when They’re put against each other. But we hope that the forest is to remain domestic-owned.

see also:

MTK talking about the ”faceless investors”, the fund quite usual for finns – who are the forest investment back?

MTK was worried about forest ownership, the cast of “faceless investors” – demanded tax relief for private forest owners

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