Waterinfo.fi – precise and up-to-date water information now also in English
The Finnish Environment Institute has published an English version of its vesi.fi web service called waterinfo.fi. It contains plenty of general information on water, latest snapshots of the hydrologi...
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2023-03-22
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Sustainable use of water resources takes a leap to a new level – Finnish Environment Institute participates in historic UN Water Conference
The UN Water Conference in New York on 22–24 March will mark World Water Day in an extraordinary way this year. The Finnish Environment Institute is closely involved in the Finnish delegation to promo...
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2023-03-20
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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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The Finnish Freshwater Competence Centre aims to boost science, education, and business with key technologies
The main goal of the Freshwater Competence Centre is to promote the research infrastructure, equipment, and the outstanding Finnish freshwater competence and knowledge both nationally and internationa...
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2022-05-23
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Mainstreaming ecological restoration of streams, rivers and peatlands promotes green development in Europe
This year's exceptional weather conditions, such as the floods in Germany, have drawn attention to the inefficiency of dams and flood walls in the flood management. Instead of these, Professor Daniel ...
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2021-11-17
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SYKE’s vision is Sustainability Transformation!
Finland is one of the top countries in overconsumption. Our unsustainable lifestyle accelerates biodiversity loss and climate change – two of the most pressing environmental crises of our time. Along ...
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2021-11-03
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We already have climate solutions – How can Finland meet the challenges set by the IPCC report?
The report on the Physical Science Basis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published on Monday states that human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate ex...
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2021-08-13
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Policy brief: How green will a bioeconomy be for our Nordic water resources?
In the future, our world may increasingly rely on renewable biomass resources for the provision of food, fodder, fibre and fuel. How this transition to bioeconomy will affect Nordic water resources, i...
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2020-11-06
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Enhancing water quality monitoring in Colombia – international cooperation now under way
A Finno-Colombian cooperation project aimed at improving the monitoring of water quality in Colombia was launched at the beginning of the year. The quality assurance of laboratory work is a key elemen...
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2020-04-03
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Europe’s state of the environment 2020: change of direction urgently needed
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest ‘State of the Environment’ report published on 4th of December 2019 states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency.
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2019-12-05
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SYKE starts the chairmanship of the European Network of Freshwater Research Organisations
During the 53rd meeting of the European Network of Freshwater Research Organizations on 18–19 November 2019 in Finland, Antonio Lo Porto from the Italian Water Research Institute passed the chairmansh...
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2019-11-20
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AlyVesi -project using 5G and machine learning in real time
Video from a drone, computer vision and superfast 5G connections were harnessed for monitoring the Baltic Sea in a trial conducted in Kirkkonummi.
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2019-08-30
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Director General Lea Kauppi selected as one of the top experts for the Horizon Europe
Director General, Professor Lea Kauppi from Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has been nominated as a member of the Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters for the Horizon...
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2019-07-31
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Effects of different restoration methods on forestry-impacted streams
Forestry practices can cause excessive sedimentation in stream ecosystems. A challenge to stream management is therefore to identify the best restoration practices to mitigate the harmful impacts of f...
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2017-03-28
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New online tool to standardise assessment of the status of European seas
A new tool for the assessment of the state of the sea (NEAT) has been developed in a large joint European research project DEVOTES, which aims to develop indicators and assessment methods for marine b...
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2016-03-22
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Article on valuing biodiversity in environmental management - the most downloaded in the Ecological Indicators journal
Researchers from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the University of Helsinki have together released an article on valuing biodiversity in environmental management. Titled ‘How to value bi...
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2015-09-23
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Baltic Sea ecosystem wheel presents eleven key descriptors making up a healthy Baltic marine ecosystem
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has recently updated information on the state of the Finnish Baltic Sea ecosystem. The publication, Sea Spray 2015 (Meren pärskäys 2015 in Finnish) presents scient...
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2015-09-04
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