Reform of the Nature Conservation Act begins with public consultation Press release 2020-01-24, the Ministry of the Environment The process to reform the Nature Conservation Act has......

The process to reform the Nature Conservation Act has been started with an online survey to hear the people’s views in the very beginning of the process. The project comprises the reform of the Nature......

Boreal lakes emit greenhouse gases, but the magnitude of the emissions is still inadequately quantified. While the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane have been addressed earlier, those of nitrous......

Restrictions and bans concerning F-gases  © Riku Lumiaro   The EU F-gas Regulation applies to fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) and mixtures containing...

One of the most comprehensive in the world, the assessment of threatened habitat types in Finland is now available also in English. The Red List of all of Finland’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems ......

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Project coordinator : Water management specialist Pekka Parkkila +358 50 3961 605 firstname.lastname@ely-keskus.fi ...

Climate change adaptation of urban areas seminar. Helsinki 16.10.2019 Cross-boundary Implementation of Climate Adaptation_Denmark_Rikke Nan Valdemarsen.pdf (10,8 Mt) Performance moni...

Finnish peatlands are under a bigger pressure from land use than has generally been realised. More than half of the peatland area has been drained, and most of the remaining undrained peatlands are bo......

Finland celebrates the European Heritage Days (EHDs) with common European themes. In Finland, the 2020 European theme Heritage and Education has been modified into the national theme Places to Grow. T......

The Madrid climate change conference ended with disappointment on Sunday afternoon. The only decision on the rules for the market mechanisms, which was the main topic, was a procedural one. This means......

The Finnish environmental administration has collected, stored and used environmental data since the early 1970s. Our data systems include a large amount of nationwide information, which is used for ...

Children like vegetables, fruit, and berries that they have grown and cooked themselves. Day-care centres can reduce their food wastage through long-term cooperation and planning. Interaction between ......

The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest ‘State of the Environment’ report published on 4th of December 2019 states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency....

Two new regional nature reserves have been established in the Russian regions neighbouring Finland. A natural monument was established on the Zaonezhye Peninsula in Karelia, while a larger conservatio......

‘The European environment — state and outlook 2020’ report will be published in a launch event held on 4 December in Brussels. ...

High level Celebration Conference of the first EU wide ecosystem assessment introduces the results of the assessment and offers a chance to discuss next steps, policy relevance and knowledge needs. Re......

Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Southwest Finland is coordinating two projects that deal with climate change resilience. Especially to the risks that involve water m...

Baltic Sea Cooperation for Climate Resilience - Flood and Drought Risk Management project (11/2019 - 2/2021) is a cooperation project between two ministries and several governmental agencies. The...