Water resilience is built with better water governance – Horizon Europe research projects launch a joint policy brief
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Published: 2024-06-26
Water resilience has become a hot topic in Europe as the continent is experiencing more severe droughts and floods because of climate change, and the health of water ecosystems continues to decline. A......
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Water resilience is built with better water governance – Horizon Europe research projects launch a joint policy brief
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Innovative water governance instruments are presented in IAHR Congress
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Published: 2024-06-03
What happens when efficiency targets are implemented in public water supply? How digital tools can help to control over abstraction of water supply and re-allocate scarce water resources between diffe......
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Register for our webinar during EU Green Week on innovative water governance practices from current European projects!
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Published: 2024-05-23
Join us for an immersive online workshop on “Cutting-edge water governance for water resilience”, taking place on 13 June 2024 at the EU Green Week Partner Events. Hosted by the Water Governance syner......
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Identifying innovative water governance practices with the EURO-INBO network
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Published: 2024-01-31
The annual Europe-INBO conference in October 2023 hosted hosted a workshop dedicated to water governance innovations by GOVAQUA and our sister projects InnWater and RETOUCH NEXUS. The workshop provide......
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Paula Kivimaa and Eeva Primmer: Finland needs positive security
2023-12-01
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 ......
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Join GOVAQUA at Europe-INBO conference in Valencia on 18 October
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Published: 2023-10-13
The Europe-INBO conference held next week in Valencia, Spain, will host a workshop dedicated to water governance innovations. The GOVAQUA project is one of the organizers of the workshop. The workshop......
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Laura Härkönen
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Published: 2023-08-09
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Suvi Lehtoranta and Annika Johansson: Science, art and architecture come together at the Venice Architecture Biennale
2023-05-24
Science, art and architecture come together at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The Finnish pavilion brings water consumption and nutrient recycling into the international architectural debate for th......
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Waterinfo.fi – precise and up-to-date water information now also in English
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Published: 2023-03-22
The Finnish Environment Institute has published an English version of its vesi.fi web service called waterinfo.fi. It contains plenty of general information on water, latest snapshots of the hydrologi......
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Sustainable use of water resources takes a leap to a new level – Finnish Environment Institute participates in historic UN Water Conference
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Published: 2023-03-20
The UN Water Conference in New York on 22–24 March will mark World Water Day in an extraordinary way this year. The Finnish Environment Institute is closely involved in the Finnish delegation to promo......
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Cooperation in environmental education in Baltic countries (CLIWATE)
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Published: 2023-02-07
Russian teachers visiting Naure house Villa Elfvik in Espoo, Finland. © Photo: Eija Rantajärvi
CLIWATE-project promotes environmental education between Finland and Baltic states....
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Hazardous industrial chemicals in the IED BREFs (HAZBREF)
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Published: 2017-09-27
Short address: www.syke.fi/projects/hazbref
Download the HAZBREF Newsletter December 2021.pdf
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Final HAZBREF Stakeholder Conference 4 June 2020
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Guidance to implement the “Do No Significant Harm” (DNSH) principle required by the EU funding facility for measures under the Finnish recovery and resilience plan
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Published: 2022-04-27
The funding of projects under the Finnish recovery and resilience plan is only possible if the projects comply with the “Do No Significant Harm” principle. The project shall not for example weaken the......
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Guidance to implement the “Do No Significant Harm” (DNSH) principle required by the EU funding facility for measures under the Finnish recovery and resilience plan
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Collecting nutrient data on individual field parcels into a digital data system would significantly enhance the efficiency of water protection in agriculture
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Published: 2022-02-16
A reform of environmental regulation of agriculture is currently under way. Maximum levels are being set for phosphorus-based fertilisers, and they will be applicable to all farms. Enforcement of the ......
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Collecting nutrient data on individual field parcels into a digital data system would significantly enhance the efficiency of water protection in agriculture
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Collecting nutrient data on individual field parcels into a digital data system would significantly enhance the efficiency of water protection in agriculture
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Collecting nutrient data on individual field parcels into a digital data system would significantly enhance the efficiency of water protection in agriculture
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Soil improving agents reduce water pollution from agricultural soils – a new guide is now available for farmers
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Published: 2021-12-08
Soil improving agents may quickly and effectively reduce the water pollution from agricultural land. Gypsum, pulp mill fibre, and structural lime have been studied comprehensively, and based on the re......
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Soil improving agents reduce water pollution from agricultural soils – a new guide is now available for farmers
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Soil improving agents reduce water pollution from agricultural soils – a new guide is now available for farmers
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Actions to reduce pharmaceutical emissions in the Baltic Sea region
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Published: 2021-06-21
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......
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Actions to reduce pharmaceutical emissions in the Baltic Sea region
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The MAAMERI project investigates how the ecosystem of the Archipelago Sea reacts to changes in the nutrient load
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Published: 2020-06-23
Despite long-term work on water protection, the condition of the marine environment of the Archipelago Sea has not improved as hoped. The amount of nutrients in the Archipelago Sea, phosphorus in part......
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The MAAMERI project investigates how the ecosystem of the Archipelago Sea reacts to changes in the nutrient load
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Services for the sustainable management of mine waters
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Published: 2020-05-28
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has strong expertise in risk assessment concerning the influence of mining on natural waters. We draw up guidelines and develop tools for environmental risk and imp......
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Director General Lea Kauppi selected as one of the top experts for the Horizon Europe
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Published: 2019-07-31
Director General, Professor Lea Kauppi from Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has been nominated as a member of the Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters for the Horizon......
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SYKE Policy Brief: Environmental drug load can be reduced
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Published: 2019-05-23
As the use of pharmaceuticals increases, increasing amounts of drug residues end up in sewage treatment plants. Environmental drug load can be reduced by introducing more advanced treatment method and......
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