Forests The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry exceptionally corrected the future Green Minister on Twitter: “This was a bit unusual,” says the ministry’s director of communications.

I- and the Ministry of Forestry (MMM) has exceptionally ousted the future Minister of the Environment Emma Karin (green) sayings on Monday in Yle’s Morning TV interview.

Kari’s quote may give the impression that Finland is committed to protecting 30 percent of its forests. The ministry corrected that this is an EU-wide target.

“We have very few natural forests and the latter need to be protected. Of course, Finland is already committed to this. And the second thing, of course, is that we are also committed to the fact that 30% of the area will be protected in the future. Because we are able to stop this loss of nature in our forests, Finland must also be ready to implement this itself, ”said Kari in Yle.

It is extremely rare for a ministry to correct ministerial statements in public and to the surprise of the minister.

Thing is also timid, as the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Environment, soon headed by Kari, have had a particularly long haircut on many of the bill this year. In addition, the poor distance between the center and the Greens has already undermined the government on several occasions.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is headed by a centrist Jari Leppä.

MMM later apologized for the tweet.

Janne Impiö, MMM’s Director of Communications, why did MMM decide to correct the Minister’s statements right now?

“Emma Kari’s statement on morning television was noted in the office. They needed to clarify this. MMM’s opinion paper on this has been published in Helsingin Sanomat. Admittedly, this was a bit unusual. ”

Did Leppä or Lepp’s political aides ask to fix the matter?

“Such an assessment of the situation was made in the Office that it should be clarified in this statement. This did not in any way become a proposal for the headquarters of the Ministry. ”

Do you intend to continue the factual review of the ministers’ speeches?

“It is said that MMM follows the public debate and we try to bring our own views for our part. And if it needs to be clarified or corrected, of course it can be done. That’s what we do all the time on social media, but we don’t make it a habit to have ministerial speeches corrected. “

Who suggested the correction?

“Forest Counselor of the Forest and Bioenergy Unit Marja Kokkonen had been in contact with the unit’s experts. This has also been used to help communication experts. ”

Until the beginning of October, Kokkonen was the unit manager of the Forest and Bioenergy Unit.

Should this factual check have been omitted?

“Here we are at the limits of whether it was right to specify the speeches for this particular person. We are very careful not to make party political communications. Here, the office had a sincere intent, but perhaps it was not thought that this was an exceptional tweet. ”