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Landscape Day invites you to experience and to photograph landscape Landscapes are an essential part of our well-being and the quality and diversity of our living environment. Thursday 20 October is International Landscape Day. The annually celebrated Landscape Day en...	2022-09-05
Only regional changes in the Finnish Great Cormorant population Approximately 24,470 Great Cormorant nests were counted in Finland in the summer of 2022. The size of the entire nesting population in Finland has only fluctuated by a few per cent since 2015. However...	2022-08-16
White-tailed Eagles significantly affect Great Cormorants in the Baltic Sea According to a new study, the growing White-tailed Eagle population affects both the location of the Great Cormorant’s nesting colonies and their breeding performance. The White-tailed Eagle plays an ...	2022-08-03
Information concerning the environmental impacts and health effects of plastics is lacking – more data is needed especially on health effects and impacts on terrestrial environment Information on the environmental impacts and health effects of plastics is still lacking, tells a recent study by the Finnish Environment Institute and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. Pl...	2022-06-09
Finland’s best landscape project sought for the eighth time The competition for Finland’s best landscape project is here once more. Projects in which landscapes have been successfully managed, protected or planned are invited to enter this competition organise...	2022-03-31
Classic lake landscape won first place in the Landscape Day photo competition Wednesday 20 October was International Landscape Day, and to celebrate the day, the Ministry of the Environment organised a photo competition with the theme “Landscape Day 2021”. First place was award...	2021-11-09
International Landscape Day 20 October 2020 festivities to include a photo competition and landscape walks Wednesday 20 October 2021 is International Landscape Day, which is based on the Council of Europe Landscape Convention. The Convention encourages everyone to participate in observing landscapes and in...	2021-10-14
International Landscape Day on 20 October – participate in a photography campaign or a photo competition International Landscape Day will be celebrated in October. As in previous years, the festivities in Finland will include an open photo competition, guided landscape walks and a photography campaign th...	2021-09-06
Finland’s cormorant population decreased from the previous summer Approximately 24,300 cormorant nests were counted in Finland in the summer of 2021. The first successful inland nesting was confirmed in Päijät-Häme. The nesting population in Finland has varied by on...	2021-08-18
Study: Finland has some readiness for implementation of EU biodiversity strategy “Impacts of EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 for Finland” is a study by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), which produced background informat...	2021-06-23
International Landscape Day 20 October 2020 festivities to include a photo competition and landscape walks Tuesday 20 October 2020 is International Landscape Day. The Ministry of the Environment will organise a photo contest in honour of the day and the Rural Women’s Advisory Organisation will organise gui...	2020-10-15
The year of celebration for European landscapes This autumn, we are celebrating landscapes as it is the 20th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention. Vibrant landscape is an important part of the European identity. Landscapes are celebrat...	2020-09-07
Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary Microplastics are found in all water systems and in fish, bivalve molluscs and benthic fauna. Microplastics cause stress to the aquatic organisms and may expose them to harmful substances. These were ...	2020-08-24
Cormorant population in Finland has stabilised at approximately 26,000 breeding couples Approximately 25,760 cormorant nests were counted in the Finnish coastal areas in the summer of 2020. In the past five years, the nesting population has varied by only a few per cent. However, there i...	2020-08-11
Doctoral dissertation “Ant community structure in successional mosaics of boreal forests" MSc Pekka Punttila will defend his doctoral dissertation entitled “Ant community structure in successional mosaics of boreal forests " at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universi...	2020-06-05
Significant funding for a new Finnish Ecosystem Observatory The state of biodiversity and ecosystems has deteriorated both in Finland and globally. Planning and implementing effective corrective measures requires more comprehensive and up-to-date information a...	2020-05-29
Hydrology of undrained peatlands is often affected by drainage of surrounding areas Finnish peatlands are under a bigger pressure from land use than has generally been realised. More than half of the peatland area has been drained, and most of the remaining undrained peatlands are bo...	2019-12-18
More vegetables, more contact with nature, less food waste - new operating model for day-care centres Children like vegetables, fruit, and berries that they have grown and cooked themselves. Day-care centres can reduce their food wastage through long-term cooperation and planning. Interaction between ...	2019-12-09
SYKE Policy Brief: Ecological compensation needs to be used to secure biodiversity In ecological compensation local damage caused by construction or industry is offset by improving biodiversity elsewhere. The principle is that the compensation is paid by the one that causes the dama...	2019-11-20
International Landscape Day to be celebrated with a photo contest and scenic walks International Landscape Day will be celebrated on Sunday 20 October 2019. This year, the aim is to use Landscape Day to draw particular attention to the value of water in the landscape.	2019-10-15

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