At the moment, forest prospects are obscured by unpredictable factors that are completely independent of the Finnish forest sector. Bark beetle damage in Central Europe has increased the supply of logs, lowered the price of wood and made it more difficult for the Finnish sawmill to compete.   The outlook does not improve quickly as the damaged wood is still in stock. What is the weather like in Central Europe next summer? A warm summer would favor the growth of insect pests and further increase tree damage.  In Finland the weather did not favor winter harvesting ...