Lasse Lovén

EUROPARC Working Group on Sustainable Tourism, Metsähallitus - Natural Heritage Services, development manager

Lasse Lovén studied forestry and nature conservation at the University of Helsinki. Since 1972 he has been working in public authorities in Finland. During that time he has been a secretary in the Committee planning the national park network in Finland (1975), park director in Pallas-Ounastunturi NP (1994-96) and Koli NP (1997-2007). Researcher in the Finnish Forest Research Institute on the issues of landscape planning and nature tourism during 1994-2007. After the fusion of the national park network in Finland in 2008 he has been in charge of development management and international project development in Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services in Southern Finland. Currently he is a member of the EUROPARC Sustainable Tourism Working Group.

Contacts: http://www.metsa.fi/sivustot/metsa/en/ContactUs/NaturalHeritageServices/
Lasse Lovén
development manager
Metsähallitus - Natural Heritage Services, Southern Finland
Address: PL 94, 01301 Vantaa, Finland
mobile +358 (0)40 730 6942,
fax  +358 (0)205 64 4234
email lasse.loven@metsa.fi