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The Finnish Environment Institute is leading a project that creates a new European Science Service for Biodiversity
The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) coordinates multiple international research and innovation projects. One of them is BioAgora, a project that started in July 2022. The project is building Scie...
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2023-02-01
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New solutions and tools are being created for achieving nature-centered future
New research and innovation project BIONEXT creates novel science-based solutions and tools for halting biodiversity loss and achieving sustainable, nature-centered future and societies.
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2023-01-31
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New approach for climate risk assessment supports decision-making under uncertainty
A new method for climate risk assessment has been developed that improves decision-making for climate change adaptation under uncertainty. The international work, led by researchers from the Finnish E...
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2023-01-18
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Finnish Environment Institute gets funding for developing measurement platforms for environmental data in Joensuu
The Joensuu-based mechatronics research laboratory of the Finnish Environment Institute Syke has been granted funding by the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee of the Academy of Finland for a t...
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2023-01-16
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Subscribe to the Finnish Environment Institute's press releases
The Finnish Environment Institute's press releases will be distributed to media and stakeholders through the Finnish News Agency´s STT Info service.
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2023-01-13
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EU Member States make progress in climate adaptation to boost resilience, EEA review finds
EU Member States recognise the importance of adapting to impacts of heatwaves, droughts, floods, heavy precipitation and changing temperatures and of mainstreaming climate change adaptation to a wide ...
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2022-12-14
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Genetic methods can be used to improve the monitoring of phytoplankton biodiversity
The Finnish Environment Institute has tested the possibilities of using a genetic method to support the Finnish marine phytoplankton monitoring. The eDNA method revealed previously undetected species ...
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2022-11-29
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Sanna Marttinen continues as Executive Director of Tulanet
PhD Sanna Marttinen has been elected as the Executive Director of Tulanet, a cooperation body of Finnish government research institutes, for the term 2023–2027. Sanna Marttinen has worked as the Execu...
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2022-11-22
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Cooperation for the development of water monitoring continues with the Colombians
In June 2022, the Hydrological Institute of Colombia received its first continuous water quality monitoring station. In September 2022, the institute's experts visited Finland on a study trip and, in ...
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2022-10-19
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Webinar: Effective science-policy interaction needs both clear messages and a continuous dialogue
On February 3, 2022, the Finnish Environment Institute and the European Alternet network organized a webinar for 120 listeners. The needs to further develop science-policy interfaces were discussed at...
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2022-10-13
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The climate impacts of the Nord Stream gas leak are expected to be clearly more significant than the impacts on marine nature – the risk of chemical weapons dumped in the area will be investigated
The methane leaking from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines is a powerful greenhouse gas with a significantly greater climate impact than the same amount of carbon dioxide. However, the direct impacts ...
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2022-09-30
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Large EU project starts: BIONEXT wants to mainstream biodiversity into policy-making
A new large EU project coordinated by the Finnish Environment agency SYKE The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT) is launching this Autumn. The project g...
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2022-09-23
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New study published on the interactions of microplastics and chemicals on soil arthropods
A new study on the interactions of microplastics and chemicals on soil arthropods reveals that the effects are dependent on the type of microplastic and the exposed arthropod species.
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2022-09-22
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Mining in shallow marine areas endangers sustainability goals
According to a study, mining in shallow marine areas conflicts with international conservation and sustainability goals, bringing with it great environmental risks.
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2022-09-20
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Experts predict top emerging impacts on ocean biodiversity
Marine and coastal ecosystems are under unprecedented change globally, mainly attributed to already recognized human-induced factors such as overexploitation of ocean resources, climate change and env...
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2022-09-12
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Finnish Environment Institute coordinates a UN Science Summit session on standardising the use of eDNA methods in biological monitoring
The observed global loss of biodiversity has severe implications for human wellbeing and compounds the negative aspects of global climate change. Data from biological monitoring is the primary source ...
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2022-09-07
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4.5 million euros in EU research funding for SYKE
The Finnish Environment Institute has received 4.5 million euros from the EU's research and innovation program Horizon Europe. SYKE is coordinating two biodiversity projects, BIONEXT and BIOAGORA, whi...
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2022-06-30
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Finnish Environment Institute receives 1.2 million euros in research funding from the Academy of Finland
The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE succeeded in the September 2021 call of the Academy of Finland. The Academy grants 1.2 million euros to four SYKE projects that address many current topics in so...
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2022-06-27
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Ten-year-old Climateguide.fi updates its user interface
The Climateguide.fi website maintained by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the Finnish Environment Institute, and the Natural Resources Institute Finland compiles research-based information on cl...
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2022-06-10
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European consumption causes biodiversity loss in the Global South – trade regulation is needed
European consumption causes biodiversity loss far away from the place of consumption and predominantly in countries of the Global South. BIO-TRADE research project sets out to contribute to protecting...
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2022-06-10
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