Projects and publications

Ecosystem Accounting research & development projects in Syke

​​​​​​​Developing statistics and accounts for ecosystem services, plastic waste and material flows - 2023-FI-ECOPLASMA (Syke, Luke, Statistics Finland) 2024-2025 (on-going)

Kunnallinen ekosysteemitilinpito kaupunkien viher- ja vesialueiden arvon mittaamisessa (Countecos) (Sitra, Espoon kaupunki, Pirkkalan kunta, Tampereen kaupunki, Syke) 2023–2025 (in Finnish only)

Finnish Ecosystem Observatory (FEO) 2020-2024. Ecosystem accounting was inculded in work packages 1 (Use of environmental data) ja 2 (Practical applications and pilots) 

  • Project website
  • Project final report (in Finnish, abstract in English)
  • Webinar recording of ecosystem accounting (in Finnish) 4.4.2024
  • Following project deliverables are available on request (and in Finnish): 
    • D1.1 Katsaus ekosysteemitilinpitoon Suomessa. Terhi Arola, Heidi Lehtiniemi (2022)
    • D2e.1 Ekosysteemien laajuustili - työnkuvaus ja lähtöaineistojen kehittämistarpeet. Pekka Hurskainen (2023)
    • D2e.2 Ekosysteemipalveluiden tarjonta ja käyttö (Maailmanlaajuinen ilmaston säätely, luontomatkailu). Työraportti. Tytti Jussila, Pekka Hurskainen (2024)
    • D2e2 liite: Ekosysteemitilinpidon tietovirrat - lähtöaineistojen kartoitus. Johanna Pakarinen, Tiina Sevón (2024).

Developing pilot accounts for marine, freshwater and​ urban ecosystems and packaging materials – 2020-FI-ENVECOPACK (Syke, Luke) 2021–2023

Urban experimental ecosystem accounting pilot in the Nordic cities (Syke, NINA) 2021

From Marine Ecosystem Accounting to Integrated Governance for Sustainable Planning of Marine and Coastal Areas – MAREA (Syke) 2020–2022

Novel methods for the accounting of forest ecosystems and circular materials - 2019-FI-ENVECO (Syke, Luke) 2020–2021

Mereisten avainelinympäristöjen suojelu toiminnallisuudesta arvottamiseen – MERIAVAIN (Syke), 2018–2021 (in Finnish only)

Mapping and Assessment for Integrated Ecosystem Accounting – MAIA (Syke, as part of consortium), 2018–2022

    From existing environmental and economic data and models to experimental accounting of marine, freshwater and forest ecosystem services in Finland - 2018-FI-ECOSYSTEMS (Syke, Luke) 2018

    • Final report unpublished, draft available upon request.

    Arctic Freshwater Capital in the Nordic Countries (Syke) 2016–2018

    Towards ecosystem accounting based on innovations and insights on natural capital knowledge - FI-2017-ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTS (Syke, Luke) 2017–2018

              Kansallinen ekosysteemipalveluiden taloudellisen merkityksen arviointi (Suomen TEEB) (Syke) 2013-2014 (in Finnish only)

                Peer-reviewed publications on Ecosystem Accounting (Syke, Luke)

                Costadone, L., Lai, T.-Y., Hurskainen, P., Kopperoinen, L. (2024). Co-creating urban ecosystem accounting: Physical and monetary accounts of runoff retention service provided by urban green spaces. Ecosystem Services 65, 101576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101576

                Lai, T.-Y., 2020. Valuing marine natural capital with multiple ecosystem services for ecosystem accounting by different valuation approaches (manuscript in doctoral dissertation). University of Helsinki

                Lai, T.-Y., Salminen, J., Jäppinen, J.-P., Koljonen, S., Mononen, L., Nieminen, E., Vihervaara, P., Oinonen, S., 2018. Bridging the gap between ecosystem service indicators and ecosystem accounting in Finland. Ecological Modelling 377, 51–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.006

                Lankia, T., Neuvonen, M., Pouta, E., Sievänen, T., Torvelainen, J., 2020. Outdoor recreation in ecosystem service accounting: pilot accounts from Finland. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 35, 186–197. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2020.1760342

                Mononen, L., Auvinen, A.-P., Ahokumpu, A.-L., Rönkä, M., Aarras, N., Tolvanen, H., Kamppinen, M., Viirret, E., Kumpula, T., Vihervaara, P., 2016. National ecosystem service indicators: Measures of social-ecological sustainability. Ecological Indicators, Developing and Applying Ecosystem Services Indicators in Decision-Support at Various Scales 61, 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.041

                Oinonen, S., Gronbaek, L., Laukkanen, M., Levontin, P., Lindroos, M., Nieminen, E., Parkkila, K., Pintassilgo, P., Pulkkinen, H., & Romakkaniemi, A. (2016). International Fisheries Management and Recreational Benefits: The Case of Baltic Salmon. Marine Resource Economics, 31(4), 433-451. https://doi.org/10.1086/687987

                Salminen, J.M., Veiste, P.J., Koskiaho, J.T., Tikkanen, S., 2018. Improving data quality, applicability and transparency of national water accounts – A case study for Finland. Water Resources and Economics 24, 25–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2018.05.001

                Virtanen, E.A., Viitasalo, M., Lappalainen, J., Moilanen, A., 2018. Evaluation, Gap Analysis, and Potential Expansion of the Finnish Marine Protected Area Network. Front. Mar. Sci. 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00402

                Masters theses 

                Arola, T. (2023).  Barriers and enablers of use of ecosystem accounting. MSc thesis, Master’s programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability, University of Helsinki. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/565000

                 

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