Presentations Helsinki City Hall   30th of November and 1st of December, 2022 Science Forum, Day I and II: “Science shakes a hand with coastal life and citizens”–...

Aims Green-Digi-Basin project is targeted to find the most effective green solutions for the boreal-subarctic river basins and improve existing calculations for river connectivity, i.e. nut...

  The MAAMERI project is included in the research section of the water protection programme (2019–2023). The project aims to improve the understanding of the impact of changes in nut...

Director General © Kai Widell Contact information Assistant, Management Laura Hautalampi Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 2 952 51129 Twitter: @Leif_......

Upgrading of Swedish wastewater treatment plants – research and practice hand in hand Author: Michael Cimbritz, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, michael.cimbritz(at)chemeng....

Research professor Docent (Adjunct professor), Environmental policy, University of Tampere Ph.D., Admin. Science, Environmental policy, University of Tampere © Kai Widell ......

Unit director PhD, Docent of Environmental Policy (University of Helsinki) Kai Widell Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Phone: +358 295 251 493 ......

On February 3, 2022, the Finnish Environment Institute and the European Alternet network organized a webinar for 120 listeners. The needs to further develop science-policy interfaces were discussed at......

Iron is the most important micronutrient for oceanic phytoplankton production. In Southern Ocean, wide areas are low-productive due to the scarcity of iron despite high concentrations macronutrients....

For the latest updates on the project, check the project website. BIONEXT will develop knowledge, tools, and guidance for mainstreaming biodiversity into policy making and provide con...

A new study on the interactions of microplastics and chemicals on soil arthropods reveals that the effects are dependent on the type of microplastic and the exposed arthropod species....

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

Traditional analyzes of monitoring data using a light microscope require long experience and good species identification skills. It can be difficult or even impossible to identify species with...

***Accept cookies in order to see embedded videos.*** Poster: An integrated tool to assess the climate and health benefits of urban strategies and measures (pdf) . The poster was pres...

Marine and coastal ecosystems are under unprecedented change globally, mainly attributed to already recognized human-induced factors such as overexploitation of ocean resources, climate change and env......

Doctoral dissertation examines livestock breeding from the perspective of social science. Breeding goals impact cattle, dairy farmers, and the relations between farmers and cows. Livestock breeding cu......

This project focuses on developing environmental criteria for the assessment of the severity of illegal releases of oil occurring within the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. The outcomes of the ...

The Finnish Environment Institute has received 4.5 million euros from the EU's research and innovation program Horizon Europe. SYKE is coordinating two biodiversity projects, BIONEXT and BIOAGORA, whi......

© Elise Järvenpää Background In 2019 the European Commission formulated the “European Green Deal”, a roadmap of key policies, legislative proposals, and strategies to implement ...

Background In April 2021, Finnish Government set a resolution on the Strategic Programme for Circular Economy . The basis of the resolution is a vision that Finnish economy will be based on a...