DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY INSTRUMENT

Promoting the restoration of old soil extraction sites and the use of rock aggregate and substitute materials.


STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Implementation has started. (All the elements of the measure have been completed both in terms of time and at all planned locations. If a measure consists of an unlimited continuum of measures, a measure can be regarded as having been completed once the first sub-measure has been completed.)


FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION

The state and restoration needs of old gravel extraction sites have been assessed in the SOKKA project. In land use planning, increased attention is paid to geological sites that are valuable for the landscape and nature conservation. A report and GIS data set on blockfield sites of national value were completed in 2019. Based on the inventory, 472 blockfields were considered nationally valuable.


RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Ministry of the Environment (YM)


PARTNERS

ELY Centres, municipalities, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Regional Councils, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)