The European Environmental Evaluators Network (EEEN) Forum will be organised online on 4-5 November, 2020.The programme will focus on scientific and practical evaluation knowledge on the implementatio......

  Proftest SYKE will organise the proficiency test for analysis of alkalinity, colour, conductivity, N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot  and pH in waste water. The purpo...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a phytoplankton proficiency test in December 2020 – January 2021. The target groups of the proficiency test are consultants and environmental authorities w...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in water and soil. The purpose of this proficiency test is to ensure the comparabil...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a macroinvertebrate taxonomic proficiency test in November 2020. The test consists of three parts of which participants may select suitable samples. The te...

Short address:  syke.fi/projects/DRYvER Background Rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and other aquatic environments are among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. They are also thos...

Vision 2030 Together with our partners and stakeholders we have succeeded in guiding society’s development onto a sustainable path. Mission statement The Finnish Environment...

How can the most cost-effective measures be identified to help in assessing the status of a waterbody and the management practices needed to achieve good ecological status? The effect of differe......

Do you need hydrological data for the management of flood risks and the regulation of river basins, flood forecasts and hydrological modelling, planning and land use, or in research projects? Fi......

Does the run-off from tailing ponds or waste rock heaps need passive purification? Is there a need to purify weak waters at a mine site, which in an active handling system is expensive or otherwise i......

Do you need to find out the distribution of load in the recipient? Would you like to assess the impact of water load when changing mining activities or different scenarios, concerning, for example, t......

Are you looking for the best option for a regulation practice or environmental planning? Is there a controversial planning situation to be solved? Finnish Environment Institute SYKE offers servi......

Does your lake suffer from eutrophication? Is there a need to diminish diffuse loading? Finnish Environment Institute SYKE offers its know-how and expertise for lake restoration projects and exp......

Do you need information about water balances to set up or expand a mine? Do you need to summarise all the environmental information from a mine site into an easily understandable form? Finnish E......

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has strong expertise in risk assessment concerning the influence of mining on natural waters. We draw up guidelines and develop tools for environmental risk and imp......

Do you need to forecast the influences of your operations on water flow or quality in rivers, lakes or coastal areas? Environment Institute SYKE offers modelling for calculating water quality an......

Most important peer-reviewed publications Stojiljkovic, A., Kauhaniemi, M., Kukkonen, J., Kupiainen, K., Karppinen, A., Denby, B.R., Kousa, A., Niemi, J.V., Ketzel M. 2019. The...

UN Sustainable Development Goals are meant to guide decision-making within and across different policy sectors to tackle the persistent environmental and social challenges of our time. In the Europea...

Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Finnish Environment Institute 2019 are available in Finnish: Suomen ympäristökeskuksen toimintakertomus ja tilinpäätöslaskelmat vuodelta 201...

Ms Lea Kauppi , Director General (chairwoman) Mr Petri Ahlroth , Director of the Biodiversity Centre Mr Tero Eklin , Director of Laboratory Ms Eeva Furman , Director of the Envi...