The Finnish Forest Research Institute has carried out monitoring surveys on Finnish family forest owners since the 1970s. The most recent survey data was collected at the beginning of the year 2009. The mail survey consisted of 13,000 of a total 300,000 family forest holdings over 5 hectares of...

Forest holdings of sufficient size are one of the prerequisites for profitable forestry. This study will analyse the development in number of Finnish family forest holdings with affecting social, economic and political determinants. Firstly, a historical review is necessary. Secondly, a...