metsäkeskus

== Finnish == === Etymology === metsä (“forest”) +‎ keskus (“centre”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmetsæˌkeskus/, [ˈme̞ts̠æˌk̟e̞s̠kus̠] Rhymes: -eskus Syllabification(key): met‧sä‧kes‧kus Hyphenation(key): metsä‧keskus === Noun === metsäkeskus Since 2012, (Suomen) metsäkeskus (“The Finnish Forest Centre”), the Finnish state authority responsible for promoting forestry and taking care of the nation's forest resources, belonging to the maa- ja metsätalousministeriö (“Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry”). Until 2011, any of the 13 regional authorities which were merged to establish the current state authority. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “metsäkeskus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023