Petteri Vihervaara

Research professor

PhD (Biology, environmental science)
Adjunct professor (Biodiversity and ecosystem services, University of Eastern Finland)

© Kai Widell

Contact information

Email: firstname.surname@syke.fi
Phone: +358 295 251740
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Nature solutions
Use of ecosystem information
Address: Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland

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Duties

• Leading of biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring research
• Responsible director of Finnish Ecosystem Observatory (FEO)
• European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa+), leader of Biodiversity monitoring (WP2)
• GEO BON, co-leader of BON Development WG

Research interests

• Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services
• Monitoring, mapping, indicators
• Earth Observation applications
• Sustainability science

• Petteri Vihervaara in LinkedIn

Some recent projects

• Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility FIRI2021 (SA 2022-2026, contributor)
• CO-OP4CBD (HEU, 2023-2025, contributor)
• EO4Diversity (ESA Biodiversity+ Precursors, terrestrial, 2022-2023, Syke PI)
• Drafting of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) (Ministry of the Environment, 2021, responsible leader)
• Roadmap for implementing eDNA and other molecular biological methods in Finland 2021-2025 (Ministry of the Environment, 2021, responsible leader)
• Finnish Ecosystem Observatory - FEO (Ministry of the Environment & Syke 2020-2024, director of the project)
• Novel methods for the accounting of forest ecosystems and circular materials 2019-FI-ENVECO (Eurostat Grant for 2020, consortium leader)
• e-shape (EuroGEO) (H2020, 2019-2022, SYKE PI)
• Finnish Ecosystem Observatory (FEO) - Phase 1 (Ministry of the Environment, 2019, responsible leader)
• MAIA - Mapping and Assessment for Integrated ecosystem Accounting (H2020, 2018-2022, SYKE PI)
• IBC-CARBON - Integrated Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Sequestration in the Changing Environment (STN, 2018-2023, WP4 co-lead)
• From existing environmental and economic data and models to experimental accounting of marine, freshwater and forest ecosystem services in Finland (Eurostat Grant for 2019, consortium leader)
• Towards ecosystem accounting based on innovations and insights on natural capital knowledge (Eurostat Grant 2017-2018, consortium leader)
• SustainBaltic - ICZM Plans for Sustaining Coastal and Marine Human-ecological Networks in the Baltic Region (Central Baltic Interreg, 2016-2018, SYKE PI)
• VirKein - New tools for sustainable use of ecosystem services, recreation and tourism of forests and waters in Finland (Prime Minister's Office, 2016-2017, SYKE PI)
• Nordic IPBES-like assessment of coastal ecosystem services (Nordic Council of Ministers, Ministry of the Environment Finland, 2015-2018, SYKE PI)
• Esmeralda project - Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision-making (H2020, 2016-2018)
• FRESHABIT LIFE IP (EC, 2016-2022)
• CLIMES - Impacts of climate change on multiple ecosystem services: Processes and adaption options at landscape scales(Academy of Finland & Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-2014)
• Finnish Ecosystem Service Indicators (Ministry of the Environment, 2012-2014, responsible leader)
• National Assessment of the Economics of Ecosystem Services in Finland (TEEB Finland) - Synthesis and Roadmap

Advisory board

• BiCOME (ESA Biodiversity+ Precursors, coastal, 2022-2023)
• BIOMONDO (ESA Biodiversity+ Precursors, freshwater, 2022-2023)
• PLUS – Parempaa luontotietoa Suomen metsistä (MMM, Suomen metsäkeskus, 2021-2022
• Implementation of Essential Biodiversity Variables for biodiversity assessment and monitoring at the subnational level in Colombia (NSF, PEER - Cycle 7, US AID, 2019-2020)
• GlobDiversity – Remote sensing enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables for terrestrial ecosystems, 2017-2019; funded by ESA. Role: Member of advisory board

Publications & CV

• Petteri Vihervaara in Google Scholar
• List of Publications (updated 9.3.2021)
• CV (updated 9.3.2021)