Metsähallitus (Finnish) (Forststyrelsen in Swedish, Meahciráđđehus in Sami, "the (Finnish) Forest Administration") is a state-owned enterprise in Finland. Its two main tasks are Parks & Wildlife Finland to manage most of the protected areas of Finland and Forestry to supply wood to the country's forest industry. Metsähallitus employs approximately 1,200 people. The company administers some 120,000 square kilometres of state-owned land and water areas, which is about 35% of Finland's total surface area. Its tasks are divided into business activities and public administration duties that are primarily by the government. Separate business units have been established for different activities. Organization Metsähallitus Forestry Ltd. produces about 85 percent of Metsähallitus's revenues markets and sells timber, manages commercial forests customers include the forest industry and other Finnish and foreign companies that use timber as raw material forest management is based on the sustainable use of natural resources the objective is to encourage a varied use of forest resources Parks and Wildlife Finland Parks and Wildlife Finland consists of the units National Parks Finland and Wildlife Services Finland, which provide the public administration services of Metsähallitus. Metsähallitus’ public administration duties involve, among others, managing nature conservation and hiking areas, promoting conservation and recreational use of State lands and waters and controlling hunting and fishing rights. management of statutory protected areas and other areas reserved for conservation protection and care of endangered species management of wilderness areas, recreational areas and other special areas free-of-charge hiking services for the public customer services for Metsähallitus as a whole public authority issues relating to nature protection game and fisheries supervision game, fisheries and off-road traffic permits forest tree seed acquisition and security storage duties related to floating Metsähallitus Property Development specialises in plot and forest real estate business and provides rental accommodations. prepares area plans, markets, sells and leases land for holiday homes is responsible for the acquisition and assignment of real property within Metsähallitus MH-Kivi Oy leases soil extraction sites and sells soil. Siemen Forelia Oy produces, markets and sells seed Key figures Return on investment = 100 x operating profit/subscribed capital Solvency ratio = 100 x shareholders' equity/balance sheet total Land area 9 132 000 ha, water areas 3 414 000 ha, in total 12 546 000 ha. History In 1542 Gustav Vasa, the King of Sweden, which at that time also included Finland, proclaimed all uninhabited wilderness areas in his kingdom as belonging to