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......
A report on the state of the environment in Europe will be published on 4 December News 2019-11-29, Finnish Environment Institute The European Environment Agency EEA will publish ‘T......
‘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...
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SYKE Policy Brief: Ecological compenstions are worth taking into use In ecological compensation local damage caused by construction or industry is offset by improving biodiversity elsewh......
There are dozens of different environmental labels and ecodesign tools for products in operation in the marketplace. The environmental information on products intended for consumers should be harmonis......
In ecological compensation local damage caused by construction or industry is offset by improving biodiversity elsewhere. The principle is that the compensation is paid by the one that causes the dama......
The Finnish Environment Institute has studied how biodegradable and bio-based materials actually decompose in the Baltic Sea marine environment. A set of tests in the sea revealed that some materials ......
The European Business and Nature Summit is taking place on 7–8 November in Madrid. The meeting will bring businesses together to present their views for the preparation of new international biodiversi......
This year, the Ministry of the Environment is launching a research and development project to promote the gypsum treatment of fields in the countries around the Baltic Sea. The aim is to reduce nutrie......
Comparing the results of different assessments is not an unambiguous process as the scope of the assessments is different and the knowledge of the species has improved. Moreover, the guidelines and c...
Threatened species by habitat The 2019 Red List of Finnish species indicates that the majority of endangered species live primarily in forests (31.2%), as well as in rural biotopes and cultural hab...
The regional threat assessment examines the regional status of the species that have nationally been classified as Near Threatened (NT) and Least Concern (LC). The latest regional threat assessment wa...
IUCN classification and breakdown of Finnish species into IUCN categories Breakdown of species evaluated in 2019 into IUCN categories Definitions of th...
The Kotka National Urban Park was given an honourable mention in the Council of Europe's Landscape Award competition. The urban park is a magnificent combination of parks, waterways and the finest arc......
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