Municipalities as pioneers in climate change mitigation The Carbon Neutral Municipalities project (Hinku project) brings municipalities, businesses, citizens and experts togeth...

FinLTSER (Finnish Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research network) brings together the Finnish research sites and scientists that have conducted world-class research on long-term socio-ecological ...

FINESSI was a project funded by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) during 2003-2010 to develop a computer-based evaluation framework for investigating the impacts of global change on v...

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The area of this action is Lake Päijänne (1060 km2) and its watershed area (southern Finland, Lake Päijänne FinLTSER site). Lake Päijänne is the second largest lake in Finland. It is a ver...

This action will focus on the Bothnian Bay area (central Finland, Bothnian Bay LTSER-platform). Seashores in the northernmost Baltic Sea (the Bothnian Bay) harbour a number of plant and an...

The aim of this action is to model critical change thresholds for local ecosystems and communities due to combined effects of growing tourism industry and impacts of climate change. Increa...

This action will focus on the Pallas-Yllästunturi national park and the adjacent forest region, located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle. Climate change in the Arctic areas c...

This action will provide Earth observation-based extended GMES services for FinLTSER environmental network points-of-interest, as a basis for the sector-specific assessment work in actions...

Climate change scenarios indicate that warming of the lower troposphere increases northwards. Changes in precipitation, daily minimum and maximum temperature, solar radiation, sn...

This action will focus on the synthesis and dissemination of the results of the entire project. The action will produce the main general dissemination material of the project (www-pages, b...

This action will focus on the coastal ecosystems in the Western Gulf of Finland. The region comprises a number of natural resources with conservation, recreation, or economic values, which...

Today, over 50% of the global human population lives in cities. The urban population is estimated to grow rapidly still in the future. Increased human population and the consequent urbaniz...

This action aims to demonstrate how climate change may affect agricultural production and environment, including impacts on productivity of farming, choice of crops and production methods,...

Terrestrial and lake ecosystems in the boreal zone are sensitive in respect to changes in climatic conditions. In warmer climate the productivity of both ecosystems may increase because of...

The action attempts to clarify how climate change will influence the forest production and production conditions and how that will influence the productivity of alternative silvicultural s...

The first major project of the FinLTSER-network started 1.1.2009 with funding from the LIFE+ instrument of the EU. The VACCIA-project (Vulnerability assessment of ecosystem services for cl...

This action will focus on the technical and financial management of the project. The components of the management structure are: 1) Management Board formed by the project leader...

VACCIA has been selected as the Best LIFE Environment project 2012 ! VACCIA  is continuing to have a wide-reaching impact:  Finnish 'Best of' 2012 environment project sets...