Ministry of Employment and Economy. Available at: http://www.tem.fi/?s=2845 [Cited 11th September 2012]. Nowadays the right to access forests for recreation purposes is granted to the general population and this right is widely used as 75% of the population visit forests at least once per year. According to a study about nature awareness 2011 (Studie Naturbewusstsein 2011) the German population finds nature protection and biodiversity important and is willing to support respective initiatives.