Eesti Metsaselts

Name

Eesti Metsaselts

Legal name

MTÜ Eesti Metsaselts

Website

https://metsainfo.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forestry Association Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Support Activities for Forestry (11531), Forestry and Logging (113)

SIC

Forestry (800), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Forest Management & Silviculture Services (Cruising, Planning, Compliance) (IMAMAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timberland GIS, Remote Sensing & Data Analytics (AFAMAKAG), Forestry, Arboriculture & Silviculture (EDAOAOAJ)

Keywords

• Forestry information services
• Forest management guidance
• Forest sector coordination
• Forestry research dissemination
• Sustainable forestry advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eesti Metsaselts operates the Metsainfo web portal, the primary information gateway for Estonian forestry, providing news, research summaries, forestry statistics, and sector-wide information across forest management, forest industry, climate, and forest resources. The association complements the portal with the Eesti Mets periodical, the annual Forestry Vision Conference, recognition awards, public outreach campaigns, and forestry skills competitions to coordinate and advance Estonian forestry.

Product overview

Eesti Metsaselts operates primarily as an informational and advocacy organization for Estonian forestry, not as a commercial product company. Its core offering is the Metsainfo web portal (metsainfo.ee), an informational gateway covering all aspects of Estonian forestry—forest management, forest industry, climate, and forest resources. Supporting offerings include the Ajakiri Eesti Mets (Estonian Forest Magazine) periodical, the annual Metsanduse visioonikonverents conference where awards are presented, the Metsasektori tunnustamine award competition recognizing achievements in six categories, the Metsas on tulevik public outreach initiative, and forestry skills competitions. The organization functions as a sector-wide information hub and coordinator rather than a technology product vendor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Metsainfo Portal The primary informational web portal for Estonian forestry, providing news, research summaries, forestry statistics, and sector-wide information across domains including forest management, forest industry, climate, and forest resources. It serves forest owners, researchers, industry professionals, and government stakeholders in Estonia.
• Ajakiri Eesti Mets (Estonian Forest Magazine)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 years of annual forest manager competitions recognizing outstanding private forest owners
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KIK (Keskkonnainvesteeringute Keskus / Environmental Investment Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKIK is a key supporter of Eesti Metsaselts. The Environmental Investment Center funds forest sector projects, environmental initiatives, and forest research. KIK representatives participate in forest sector competitions as jury members and support forest sector recognition activities.
• Eesti Maaülikool (Estonian University of Life Sciences)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMÜ is the primary academic research partner for Eesti Metsaselts. Metsainfo publishes research articles authored by EMÜ scientists covering topics such as carbon sequestration, forest health, harvesting techniques, soil studies, and forest ecology. The collaboration supports the dissemination of forest science to the broader sector.
• Eesti Erametsaliit (Estonian Private Forest Union)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEesti Erametsaliit is a partner in organizing the annual best forest manager competition and other forestry sector events. The organizations share a mission of promoting sustainable forest management among private forest owners in Estonia.
• Luua Metsanduskool (Luua Forest School)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuua Metsanduskool is Estonia's primary vocational forestry education institution. Eesti Metsaselts promotes its courses (such as chainsaw training for women), and the school awards special recognition to forestry students during the annual forest manager competition.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eesti Erametsaliit (Estonian Private Forest Union): Estonian private forest owners' association that co-organizes the annual best forest manager competition with Eesti Metsaselts. Directly comparable as a domestic Estonian forestry membership organization serving overlapping private forest owner segments.
• Federation of Finnish Forest Owners (Metsänomistajien liitto): National federation of regional Finnish forest owner associations. Directly comparable as a Nordic private forest owner membership organization providing information, training, advocacy, and recognition programs to forest owners — a similar role to Eesti Metsaselts in Estonia.
• Luua Metsanduskool (Luua Forest School): Estonian vocational forestry education institution and partner of Eesti Metsaselts. Comparable as a domestic Estonian forestry education and training provider that complements the association's coordination and outreach role.
• Latvian Forest Owners' Association (Latvijas Meža īpašnieku asociācija): Latvian national private forest owner association representing private forest owners and providing information, advisory services, and policy advocacy. Comparable as a direct Baltic regional peer with similar membership, information, and coordination mandate.
• Norwegian Forest Owners' Federation (Norges Skogeierforbund): Norwegian national organization representing private forest owners with information dissemination, advisory, and policy coordination functions. Comparable as a Nordic peer in scale, mandate, and membership-based forestry sector coordination.

Broad incumbents

• Metsähallitus (Finnish Forest Service): State-owned forestry organization in Finland that manages state forests, provides forestry data, and coordinates sector-wide information and recreation services. Comparable as a larger national forestry sector body with information, coordination, and sector-development mandates similar to Eesti Metsaselts.
• European Forest Institute (EFI): Pan-European research and policy organization linking forest science to practice across member countries. Comparable as a multi-country forestry information and research-dissemination body that Eesti Metsaselts partners with through its European youth-in-forests program and broader sector coordination.
• Swedish Forest Industries Federation (Skogsindustrierna): Swedish industry and employer federation representing forest-owning companies and the Swedish forest industry. Comparable as a Nordic national-level forestry coordination and information body with member-based structure and policy-advocacy role.

Regional players

• Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC): International non-profit certification system for sustainable forest management, providing information and standards to forest owners globally. Comparable as a sector-wide certification and information organization in the same domain.
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC): International non-profit that sets forest certification standards and disseminates sustainable forestry information. Comparable as a forestry information, certification, and sector-recognition body, though with global rather than national scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/metsainfo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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