Coming back to the Dialogue process, the Forestry frame explains
why the process did not come about until after considerable pressure
from the German publishing houses. Metsähallitus did not perceive
the demands of the ENGOs as reasonable (curve B in Fig. 1) or as legitimate
(non-local actors). The Forestry frame also explains at least in
part why Metsähallitus did not involve other stakeholders than the
ENGOs in the Dialogue process. In contrast to the earlier planning processes,
where Metsähallitus sought to minimise the influence of
ENGOs by letting actors with the opposite view dominate the processes,
it now needed an agreement with the environmentalists. Having the
local and regional forestry interests represented at the table would
not have helped in reaching the agreement with ENGOs. Furthermore,
Metsähallitus was not eager to defend the demands of the ENGOs to
its own allies, as it was acting against its initial goals and frames merely
because it was under pressure of losing business. Therefore it was more
comfortable with a bi-lateral Dialogue process.