Parks & Wildlife Finland. Protecting Finland´s natural treasures. Annual Report 2014

Metsähallitus is a state-owned enterprise that provides services related to Finland´s natural resources. Parks & Wildlife Finland is a unit of Metsähallitus, providing public administration services which are largely financed from the national government budget.

Parks & Wildlife Finland

• manages national parks, strict nature reserves, wilderness areas, national hiking areas and most of the state-owned public waters
• protects and manages species, habitats and cultural heritage in state-owned areas
• provides outdoor recreation services for hikers
• sells permits for hunting, fishing and snowmobiling.

During 2014 we have expanded our activities at Parks & Wildlife Finland (formerly known as Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services) and launched new initiatives to increase our social impact.