The project will produce the Finnish Marine portal, a national service bringing together information and data from various  Finnish marine data providers.The aim is to enhance the practic...

We at the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) provide information and services for political decision-making, sustainable business activities, and for research partners. For citizens, we offer up-to...

Mission statement The loss of aquatic biodiversity and associated Ecosystem Services is one of the most pressing problems on Earth. Sophisticated biomonitoring programs have been established to ...

Project´s web pages: www.syke.fi/bonusbluewebs About the project: Good environmental status (GES) and Blue Growth (BG) are the two main goals in today’s policy frameworks and trade...

Picture: Tero Pajukallio Air pollution has severe negative impacts on human health and environment. Monetary value of these negative impacts for people and society can be assessed with va...

We study environmental changes on a broad scale and search for ways to solve environmental problems. We confront significant environmental questions such as climate change and the sufficiency of natu...

© Kai Widell. At the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), we offer strong expertise and independent information on global phenomena such as climate change, biodiversity loss, overconsump...

The extensive information produced by SYKE is, as a rule, openly available to the domestic and international public. The information systems for inland waters are primarily national. Most of the...

Photo: Pirjo Ferin. SYKE collects long-term observations of river, lake, and groundwater water quality. The monitoring of inland waters began in the 1960s. Hydrological monitoring...

Photo: Seppo Knuuttila Our activities are organised into projects that involve producing information for decision-making needs and to ensure protection and sustainable use of water systems. ...

EPIC project publications Äystö, L., Vieno, N., Fjäder, P., Mehtonen, J. & Nystén, T. 2023. Hospitals and households as primary emission sources for risk-posing pharmaceuticals in m...

The project purpose is improved capacity of GAFRD, in collaboration with other relevant organisations, to monitor the water quality of Lake Manzala and to monitor the Lake’s natural resources. The ac...

  Background In Koillismaa-region many lakes have been invaded by a harmful alien species Canadian waterweed ( Elodea canadensis ). In Finland, it has spread besides Koillismaa ...

Beyond MALPE-coordination: integrative envisioning (BEMINE) aims to build upon the existing Finnish MALPE city-regional planning approach, which includes land use (M), housing (A), transport (L), ser...

© Mats Westerbom Main Goals 1. Awareness of draft Baltic Sea standards and tools for management of underwater noise A thorough basis for standardised and appropriate managem...

CURRENT The final report of the CAPITAL-project has been published: Arctic Freshwater Capital in the Nordic Countries Nordic Council of Ministers Policy Brief: Arctic Freshwater Ca...

The project will mainly work towards increasing the capacity of Kyrgyz environmental authorities in order for them to be able to determine POP compounds (Persistent Organic Pollutants) from water, se...

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 ...

Current New guidelines published Monitoring and assessment of environmental impacts of chemical spills in the Baltic Sea Oil Spill Exercise in Ice Conditions and Arctic Oil...

Picture: Riku Lumiaro   Black carbon (BC) has been estimated to be the second most important climate warming pollutant after CO2. The proposed project will produce new research ...