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 main goal of the Blue Night project is to generate young people's interest in marine science and inspire them to pursue a career in marine research. While young people are the main target gr...

The main targets of the cooperation on nature conservation in northwest Russia has been to promote the conservation of biodiversity and to support the development of a representative network of ...

The protection and management of species in Finland are administered by expert groups for different species and species groups. Members include researchers, environmental administration experts ...

For more information concerning the Zonation, please, visit the page “Zonation software”. Zonation software supports more sustainable decision-making in conservation and land-use planning in F...

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (look bigger picture ). The operations of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) are directly or indirectly related to most of the UN’s Sustainable D...

    Objectives HYDRO-RI-Platform is one of the main parts of the Finnish Freshwater Competence Centre. It aims to Boost Science, Education, and Business with Key Tech...

Background and aims Decarbonizing energy system is the main avenue to mitigate climate change. This project attempts to enable large scale flexibility of electricity consumption at the residenti...

© Adobe Stock European consumption has a high biodiversity footprint outside Europe. Timber, soy, palm oil, cocoa and coffee are examples of everyday goods the production of which is...

Arctic PASSION is an innovative pan-Arctic Observation and Monitoring action that rises to the challenges of climate change facing the people living and working in the Arctic, and to European society...

Working with the built environment information system.   Currently, zoning data is not comprehensively and nationally available in Finland to guide the use and development of ar...

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...

Black carbon is an important short-lived climate forcer (SLCF) with strong negative impact on the Arctic, e.g., by accelerating the melting of the ice. Black carbon is also an air pollutant which har...

© Photo: Riku Lumiaro Incomplete combustion of organic fuels results in emission of light-absorbing carbon (LAC) particles that contain both black carbon (BC), which has the stronges...

SYKE has developed several tools and calculators together with the stakeholders. Some of the calculators have succeeded to reach ten thousands of users and to create large public discussions o...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an established method to simultaneously quantify multiple environmental impacts arising from the whole value chain including all processes related to the life cycle of ...

SYKE has received many prizes and acknowledges of the work the institute and its experts and researchers have accomplished. These prizes have been addressed either to SYKE and its´ services, to a res...