Background Invasive alien species Canadian waterweed ( Elodea canadensis ) has spread to hundreds of lakes around F...

  Objectives The project supports sustainable urbanization in Finnish cities and urban areas. It is carried out during 2019 and 2020 in collaboration with SYKE, Ministry of the ...

Mission statement The Finnish Environment Institute produces relevant information, novel understanding and innovative solutions for achieving sustainable development. Vision 2030 Toget...

The Sentinel satellites of the Copernicus programme offer an excellent opportunity for monitoring the state of the Baltic Sea. The current constellation provides daily coverage in moderate resolution...

The objective of WP4 is to create an online catalogue of the existing decision support tools used in the management of the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin. Furthermore, the aim is to propose a mech...

The aim of WP1 is to provide knowledge of existing decision support tools (DST) and how they are applied in the management of the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin. ...

EU/Horizon2020 project EOMORES (grand agreement °730066) develops services for monitoring the quality of inland and coastal water bodies, using data from Earth Observation satellites and in situ sens...

An End-User Core Group has been established connected to the research project. This Core Group includes 10 end-users and it consists of representatives from international, governmental and private or...

The objective of WP2 is to develop a set of performance-based definitions for the existing DST and assess their performance according to a range of established criteria. The assessment will be compar...

The objective of WP3 is to make suggestions for the most needed decision support tools to be developed by future projects. This proposal will be based on a gap analysis between existing tools and pre...

The project concentrates on raising awareness and helping the end-users of Sentinel satellite images and particularly Sentinel satellite image mosaics produced under Finnish Geospatial Platform progr...

The financing for the Finnish Environment Institute comes from the state budget and from external sources. In 2018, SYKE’s operating financing came to approximately 56,5 million euros: ...

  Waste management facilities in Vedlozero. ©Taru Peltola 2018 The project tackles littering and improves waste management in rural villages in North Karelia, ...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for analysis of metals and mercury in natural water and sediment in April - May 2019. Sample delivery date is on 9 April 2019. Depending...

Proftest SYKE and Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) will organize a proficiency test for analysis of radon in drinking water in April 2019.  Measurements will be done using liqui...

Backround Technological advances offer several new methods for environmental monitoring. The information produced with different methods is not uniform and requires advanced data and quality co...

POLKU2030 (‘PATH2030’) is a half-year-long project funded by the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities (VN TEAS). In the project, the implementation of Finland’s  sustainable...

19-–21 November 2018, Uppsala The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences organized the kick-off meeting of the BONUS FUMARI project in Uppsala. The aim of the project is to draft a proposal......

Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for analysis of chlorophyll a , N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot , pH, conductivity, turbidity and colour in natural waters in week 7 (201...

    Shipping contributes to the uncontrolled introduction of invasive species to the Baltic Sea, whic...