Metsäliitto supports the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland (METSO) coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of the Environment. The objective of the programme is the flexible harmonisation of different forms of forest use and voluntary, state-subsidised protection of forest resources.
New methods for protecting the nature values of forests, including voluntary conservation in return for financial compensation, have been introduced. The results have been encouraging and continued measures are being planned for 2008–2016.