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Considerable risk of blue-green algal blooms in some of Finland's sea areas in the summer of 2016 According to the estimate of the Finnish Environment Institute’s Marine Research Centre, this year the risk of blue-green algal blooms is considerable in a large part of the Gulf of Finland, the Finni...	2016-06-02
New report on the development of Myanmar’s environmental administration completed with Finnish support Myanmar is undergoing industrialisation and urbanisation at a rapid pace. According to an assessment conducted by the Finnish Environment Institute, it is important to develop basic functions of Myanm...	2016-05-25
Policy certainty, solidarity and low costs drive Paris Agreement implementation The historic global climate agreement, the “Paris Agreement” was opened for signature on the 22nd of April 2016. The negotiations on the implementation of the agreement start in May. These negotiation...	2016-05-02
The climate challenge requires significant new innovations for Finnish wood use An international agreement was made in Paris to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. However, a recent study shows that the current Finnish wood bioeconomy fails to m...	2016-04-27
All municipalities in mainland Finland invited to participate in the joint procurement of solar power The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has launched a joint procurement of solar power systems, inviting all municipalities and municipal enterprises in Finland to increase their use of solar power. T...	2016-03-02
Number of oil discharges observed at sea decreased In 2015, the number of suspected illegal discharges of oil reported to Finnish authorities decreased significantly compared to the previous year. Eventually, 47 of the discharges were confirmed to be ...	2016-02-29
Last summer’s fish kill was caused by a toxic dinoflagellate: emerging algal toxins in coastal Finnish waters Scientists at SYKE Marine Research Centre have related the fish kill in Ersöströmmen near Tammisaari last July to a dinoflagellate species, Karlodinium veneficum, not previously known to form blooms i...	2016-02-24
Investigating long-range transported contaminants in Finnish Lapland There is little information available on the presence and concentration of contaminants commonly used in consumer goods in the living environment. The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), the Nationa...	2016-02-23
New mapping tool shows how cross-country skiing in Finland is vulnerable to climate change The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) have released a new interactive mapping tool about climate change effects on cross-country skiing in Climate...	2016-02-18
Project assembled by SYKE granted EU funding for the development of Arctic oil spill response A consortium assembled by the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has been granted a significant amount of EU funding for the development of Arctic oil spill response methods and the evaluation of thei...	2016-02-16
Impacts of Baltic inflows on the Baltic Proper Baltic inflows taken place in the last winter and this winter have improved the oxygen conditions in the near-bottom waters of the Baltic Proper. The area covered by fully anoxic near-bottom water has...	2016-02-11
Number of threatened mammal species decreased in Finland The number of threatened mammal species decreased by four compared to the previous evaluation. No species were found to be more threatened than before. Conversely, four species, namely the European be...	2016-01-25
Number of threatened bird species increased in Finland The number of threatened bird species increased by 28 species compared to the previous evaluation, while 21 new species were red-listed. Aquatic and wetland species in particular have become increasin...	2016-01-25
New methods improve the quality of environmental impact assessments 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...	2016-01-14
Southern Finnish forest bird populations on the decline Many of the bird species native to Finnish forests have declined in recent decades. According to a newly published study, the total number of nesting pairs in the southern Finnish managed forest area ...	2016-01-11

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