The feeling of security can be shaken easily. For example, during last few weeks, the rapid flow of refugees and the management of the Eastern border of Finland have increased uncertainty. On the eve ......

    Baltic Seashore Stories is a campaign organized by the Finnish Environment Institute and BALTICITIES project partners to raise awareness about the Baltic Sea environmen...

Background In Finland, groundwater comprises 65 % of the household water distributed by waterworks. Groundwater is typically covered only with thin soil layers; this enables the migration of har...

Russian teachers visiting Naure house Villa Elfvik in Espoo, Finland. © Photo: Eija Rantajärvi CLIWATE-project promotes environmental education between Finland and Baltic states....

New research and innovation project BIONEXT creates novel science-based solutions and tools for halting biodiversity loss and achieving sustainable, nature-centered future and societies.  ...

According to a study, mining in shallow marine areas conflicts with international conservation and sustainability goals, bringing with it great environmental risks....

Since 2017 CWPharma project has worked to gather and produce data on the consumption of pharmaceuticals and their concentrations in the environment, to identify the most problematic compounds and to f......

Researcher M.Sc. (Regional Sciences and Environmental Policy) Contact information Email: liisa.varumo@syke.fi Tel: +358 295 251 132 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)......

We are pleased to invite you to the High Level Celebration Conference of the first EU wide ecosystem assessment organized under the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. ...

Basic information The project is funded by European Union within the ENPI Annual Action Programme 2012 with a budget of 1.4 million EUR. The project is implemented by the consortium of EU Member...

A major oil response exercise is ongoing on the Swedish coast this week. Finnish Environment Institute SYKE is one of the co-organizers of this year’s BALEX DELTA response exercise....

Background Picture by Niina Viitala. In the investigation of environmental crimes, environmental authorities, the police and prosecutors are key actors. In the case of suspected envi...

International Arctic oil recovery exercise will be held 7 March at the Bay of Bothnia off the coast of Oulu City in Northern Finland. All interested are welcome to follow the exercise in real time vid......

  Report "Sectoral Guidance for Chemicals Management in the Textile Industry" is now available.  Download the report by clicking the link b...

Over the coming weeks, climate change mitigation and the implementation of the Paris Agreement will be discussed in Bonn. In support of climate change mitigation, the Finnish Environment Institute (SY......

Oil recovery vessel during KEMI-Arctic 2015 Exercise – Unmanned Aerial vehicles were demonstrated in this Exercise UAV-ARCTIC in brief The goal of this project is to define suitable ...

A new tool has been developed for predicting and managing the water balance of mines, which can be used to calculate the water balances of a mining area and produce forecasts to support mining operati......

    After the 2 nd World War, a large amount of chemical weapons and ammunition was dumped in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerra...

A consortium assembled by the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has been granted a significant amount of EU funding for the development of Arctic oil spill response methods and the evaluation of thei......

Project Description The Overall Objective (intended long-term impact) of the Project was improved environmental governance in terms of enhanced service delivery of DEA by simplifying the environ...