Senior research scientist
© Veikko Somerpuro
Contact information
Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel. +358 29 525 2233
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Societal change
Governing transformation
Latokartanonkaari 11
FI-00790 Helsinki
Presentation
I am a Senior researcher in environmental law, focusing on forest and biodiversity regulation. Recently, my research has particularly emphasized biodiversity offsetting and legislation related to land use. I am involved as a researcher and work package leader in two long-term strategic research consortia: Biodiversity offsetting as an operational tool for a just sustainability transition towards no net loss of ecosystems and biodiversity (BOOST) (2021-2027) and Reconceptualizing Boundaries Together Towards Resilient and Just Arctic Future(s) (REBOUND) research project (2023-2029). Additionally, I lead the research project Confronting sustainability: governing forests and fisheries in the Arctic (ConSust), funded by the Research Council Finland (2021-2024).
Member of the The Finnish Nature Panel since 2020.
Selected publications (publications in English only)
Hiedanpää, J., Tuomala, M., Pappila, M. et al. Ecosocial compensation of nature-based social values in Turku, South-West Finland. Socio-Ecological Practice Research (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-023-00163-9
Tulaeva, S., Tysiachniouk, M., Pappila, M., Tynkkynen, M. Marine Stewardship Council Certification in Finland and Russia: Global Standards and Local Practices. Sustainability 2023, 15, 4063. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054063
Pappila, M., Tynkkynen, M., The role of MSC marine certification in the fisheries governance in Finland. Sustainability 2022, 14(12), 7178.
Pappila, M., Biodiversity, Climate Change and Finnish Forest Regulation. In Mauerhofer et al. (Eds): Sustainability and Law. Springer Nature, 2020, 135–155.
Pappila, M., Summer loggings and the protection of birds – on regulation and derogations. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 2019; 1–7.
Britcyna, E., Nystén-Haarala, S., Pappila, M., Extractive Industries and Public Participation in Russia: The Case of the Oil Industry in Izhemskii District, Komi Republic. Yearbook of Polar Law, 2018(9)1.
Pappila, M., Forestry and no net loss principle. The possibilities and need to implement NNL in forest management in Finland. Nordic Environmental Law Journal, 1:2018, 55–79.
Pappila, M., Halonen, L., The Impact of the Water Framework Directive on Diffuse Pollution Control: the Case of Ditch Network Maintenance in Finnish Forests. Nordic Environmental Law Journal, 2:2015, 77–92.
Pappila, M., The interplay of Russian law, indigenous people and the oil and gas industry – a need for non-governmental regulation? Yearbook of Polar Law, vol. 5, 2015, 120–141.