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48
Yrjö Ilvessalo, The Forest .’Resources’ of Finland in 1936—1938
The enormous economic progress that characterised the first two
decades of Finland’s independence in a striking manner, was based
to a very large extent on the forest resources of the country. The
forests provided unforeseen quantities of raw materials for the
woodworking industry, and even for foreign industry, and the domestic
consumption of wood has scarcely been able to reduce the large
proportion that it draws from the forests, owing to the constant expansion
of settlement and traffic. In view of all this it would seem that
Finland should be satisfied that the forests of the country have been able
to stand this severe test without detriment. The main results of the
new National Survey of the forests of the country, described above,
show that this is the case, at least in broad lines. Accordingly we may
trust that the Finnish forests will again be able to provide valuable
support, when a new period of building and development begins after
the war being waged at present.
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