Baltic Sea Science Congress 2023 is held in Scandic Marina Congress Center , a modern congress venue right in the heart of Helsinki.  Scandic Marina Congress Center has a venerable history...

Background Biodiversity is decreasing at an unprecedented scale. Human well-being depends on healthy, functioning natural ecosystems, for example due to food production and the water cycle. In a...

  Uula Saastamoinen: Sustainability transformation requires developing multi-hazard governance of forests Climate change has many unpredictable impacts on Finland's forests. We d...

© Syke Thank you for participating in the Velmu conference in Helsinki and online! Biodiversity loss is world´s largest environmental issue right after the climate change, an...

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...

The Baltic Sea is an important part of the Finnish national identity and international culture. As a shallow brackish water basin, the Baltic Sea is vulnerable and strained by the large population su...

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Syke Policy Brief is a concise summary of a particular issue, the policy options to deal with it, and some recommendations on the best option. It is aimed at government policymakers and others who ar...

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Operational management group Mr Leif Schulman , director general (chairman) Ms Eeva Primmer , research director Ms Heli Karjalainen , service development director Ms Terhi Wa...

  Currant  Network Event of Finnish Water Clusters & Water oriented Living Labs  was on 1 November 2023.  Programme of Network Event on 1 ...

The project challenges the contemporary paradigm of production and consumption of farmed animals as departing from its sustainable niche. Current food systems are clearly unsustainable in terms of pl...

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What is Liiteri? Liiteri is an information service focusing on the living environment and is governed by Finnish Environment Institute. Geographical information and statistics about the built en...

  Research Vessel Aranda Aranda is a modern, ice-reinforced research vessel. She was planned and built for Baltic Sea research, but she is able to operate in all seas. Aran...