New methods make it easier to recognise and systematically assess the most significant environmental impacts of various projects, and to illustrate the results. They also improve the participation pos......

Project Description The Overall Objective (intended long-term impact) of the Project was improved environmental governance in terms of enhanced service delivery of DEA by simplifying the environ...

Finnish second home tourism no longer consists solely of holidaying at a modest summer cottage. Instead, Finns are increasingly spending time at second homes equipped for year round living....

The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) began its operations 20 years ago in March 1995. In the same year, Finland joined the EU. “By virtue of Finland’s EU membership, SYKE was able to take part in ......

The public lecture held by Dr Joe Ravetz is loaded with hand drawn maps and pictures. Even his self-presentation on the Urban 3.0 website is partly a comic strip. "I am a researcher of sustainable fut......

Urban Zone 3 project is dealing with the future development of the urban form in Finnish urban regions. Travel-related urban zone method is applied in various planning cases of different-sized Finnis...

* The project has ended * The final seminar of the project was arranged in collaboration with the parliamentary "Energiaremontti" group 23 January 2019. Following the link below you can access t...

Research professor PhD, Docent Academy of Finland Research Fellow © Kai Widell Contact information Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Climate solutions Pol......

In the event calendar, we announce events, seminars, and webinars that we organize together with our partners and in various projects. You can read more about the paid and free training sessions...

The meeting of European Union's COST ACTION TU 0902 ( Integrated assessment technologies to support the sustainable development of urban areas ) was held at the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE in ......

OpenNESS aims to translate the concepts of Natural Capital (NC) and Ecosystem Services (ES) into operational frameworks that provide tested, practical and tailored solutions for integrating ES into ...

About the Green infra project The changes in land use practices have led to the degradation of ecosystems, habitat fragmentation, and consequently the loss of biodiversity and associated ecos...

Finnish Environment Institute's (Syke) theme built environment examines the spatial structure and dynamics of communities, as well as their relation to the surrounding nature. We want to contribute t...

© Maija Faehnle Our activities are organised into projects that involve producing information for decision-making needs and to ensure the sustainable use of built environment and land. We...

Project Description Since the abolition of apartheid South Africa has enacted a number of policies, strategies, framework laws and laws on environment, local government, service delivery, EIA an...

Project Description   Core area of the Magaliesberg mountain. ©Riku Lumiaro The project was financed through the Institutional Cooperation Instrument (ICI) the purpose of which...