News and Events for Researchers

29.08.2019

According to the new Policy Brief publication by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), environmental points of view…

27.08.2019

A new assessment of the ecological status of surface waters in Finland shows that 87% of the surface area of our lakes…

26.08.2019

The forests in the Amazon are referred to as ‘the lungs of the planet’. Although this metaphor does not cover things…

21.08.2019

The 2019 annual economic report on the EU fishing fleet shows that the high levels of economic performance in 2016 have…

12.08.2019

Heatwaves are affecting the supply of water, which is essential for cooling power plants and for the production of fuels…

By 2050, business as usual will wipe out pristine tropical forests the size of more than half the EU, (c) Thekopmylife, AdobeStock
26.07.2019

Unless we take action, pristine tropical moist forests more than half the area of the EU will disappear by 2050 – new EU…

25.07.2019

Since 1990, the Baltic Sea has on average warmed by almost 2 °C, Finnish sea areas even more than that. Nutrient…

16.07.2019

Around 129 million farmers depend on meltwater from the Himalayan glaciers for their crop production and livelihoods.…

The world map illustrates where an expansion of agricultural use will pose a particular threat to biodiversity (red markings). In contrast, the areas marked in yellow show a low biodiversity. An expansion of agricultural land in these regions would therefore mean less loss of biodiversity. Photo: Map: Florian Zabel / Tomáš Václavík
03.07.2019

How does the expansion or intensification of arable farming affect global agricultural markets and biodiversity?

02.07.2019

Underwater nature of Zanzibar, Tanzania, is spectacular with its coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests.…