Finland, Sweden press EU for flexibility on land-use, forestry targets

HELSINKI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Finland and Sweden have urged the European Union (EU) to ease climate rules on forestry, warning that rigid land-use targets risk hurting their economies and disrupting timber supplies across Europe.

The Finnish government said in a statement issued on Wednesday that Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson had earlier this week sent a joint letter to