Background The New Urban Agenda (NUA) was adopted at the United Nations Conference Habitat III in Quito 2016 to guide sustainable urban development. It supports the implementation of the Ag...

Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) management team is responsible for Syke’s management system. The management team assesses the appropriateness and suitability of Syke’s activities and managemen...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely accepted methodological approach for assessing the environmental impacts of products and services over their life cycle and it is incr...

Operational management group Mr Leif Schulman , director general (chairman) Ms Eeva Primmer , research director Ms Heli Karjalainen , service development director Ms Terhi Wa...

At the moment, copper pipes are not allowed in domestic water networks in eco-labelled houses according to the Swan label. The criteria are the same in all Nordic countries. Dissenting views have bee...

The main objective of the SnowPEx project is to perform the intercomparison and validation of publicly available global/regional remotely sensed snow products (Snow Cover Extent, Snow Water Equivalen...

Tel (switchboard): +358 295 251 000 E-mail: firstname.surname@syke.fi Syke's visiting and mailing address and business ID Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki Business ID: 09961...

© Maija Airos The advisory board has been appointed by the Ministry of the Environment until 31.12.2026. The advisory board evaluates environmental research and development, sup...

The European Environmental Evaluators Network (EEEN) Forum will be organised online on 4-5 November, 2020.The programme will focus on scientific and practical evaluation knowledge on the implementatio......

Senior research scienctist, group manager M.Sc. (econ.), M.S.Sc . Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel: +358 295 251 839, +358 50 464 2477 Finnish E......

Main office, Viikki campus, Building D, Helsinki Laboratory Centre , Viikki campus, Kaaritalo, Helsinki Marine Research Laboratory, Viikki campus, Building EE, Helsi...

Background River Oulujoki is one of the largest rivers in Northern Finland and is intensively used in hydroelectric power production. The Oulujoki watershed reaches from the eastern Finnish bord...

Short address:  syke.fi/projects/DRYvER Background Rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and other aquatic environments are among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. They are also thos...

Would changes in lake regulation rules and practices help you adapt to climate change impacts? Do you need to estimate changes in floods for planning purposes, for adaptation in dam safety or storm w......

Would flood risk management enable the identification of possible flood prone areas and assist in land use planning, rescue and communication? Flood risk mapping is a prerequisite for effective ......

Hydraulic models and flood maps enable the identification of possible flood prone areas and assist in land use planning, rescue and communication. Hydraulic modelling also provides tools to simulate ......

Do you need hydrological data for the management of flood risks and the regulation of river basins, flood forecasts and hydrological modelling, planning and land use, or in research projects? Fi......

Does the run-off from tailing ponds or waste rock heaps need passive purification? Is there a need to purify weak waters at a mine site, which in an active handling system is expensive or otherwise i......

Do you need to find out the distribution of load in the recipient? Would you like to assess the impact of water load when changing mining activities or different scenarios, concerning, for example, t......

Do you need to find sustainable solutions or a comprehensive assessment of alternatives? Is there a conflicting planning situation with different actors to resolve? Finnish Environment Institute......