Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe GOVAQUA
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Published: 2023-02-13
The GOVAQUA team at the kick off meeting in Helsinki March 2023. © GOVAQUA Project
GOVAQUA-project identifies, assesses, develops and validates innovative governance instruments a...
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Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe GOVAQUA
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Living Labs
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Published: 2023-03-20
This work package houses the six GOVAQUA living labs, where a representative and complementary set of innovative water governance approaches and instruments will be further developed, piloted, c...
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Research Themes
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Published: 2023-03-17
Transition to sustainable water governance (Work Package 1)
This work package defines, assesses and advances the transition towards more sustainable water governance in Europe, at multiple level...
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06-2023 Radon
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Published: 2023-03-15
Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for analysis of radon in ground water in co-operation with Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland (STUK). Laboratories conducting ra...
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06-2023 Radon
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Environmental quality standards in the management of groundwater pollution
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Published: 2023-02-10
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In Finland, groundwater comprises 65 % of the household water distributed by waterworks. Groundwater is typically covered only with thin soil layers; this enables the migration of har...
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Environmental quality standards in the management of groundwater pollution
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04-2023 Wastewater analyses I
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Published: 2023-02-02
Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analysis of BOD 7 , COD Cr , COD Mn , Ca, K, Mg, Na, suspended solids (SS), and TOC in wastewaters. Additionally, for BOD 7 ...
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04-2023 Wastewater analyses I
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Developing a common knowledge base for monitoring land use and its changes (Mammutti)
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Published: 2023-01-02
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In order to mitigate climate change, Finland aims to be carbon neutral in 2035. The land use sector is both a significant carbon sink and a source of CO2 emissions....
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Developing a common knowledge base for monitoring land use and its changes (Mammutti)
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03-2023 Natural water analyses
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Published: 2023-02-02
Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analyses of chlorophyll a , colour, conductivity, N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot , pH, suspended solids, and tu...
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03-2023 Natural water analyses
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02-2023 Swimming pool water
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Published: 2022-12-01
Proftest SYKE will organize in cooperation with Eurofins Environment Testing Finland Oy a proficiency test for the analysis of free, combined and total chlorine, KMnO 4 , NO 3 , pH, t...
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02-2023 Swimming pool water
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I/2022
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Published: 2022-10-21
Upgrading of Swedish wastewater treatment plants – research and practice hand in hand
Author: Michael Cimbritz, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, michael.cimbritz(at)chemeng....
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Strategy
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Published: 2021-10-27
The strategy of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) for 2021–2025 consists of our vision, mission statement, values and objectives that guide all our activities.
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Syke's management system
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Published: 2023-01-11
Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) management system consists of the rules that guide Syke’s activities as well as Syke’s own policies, practices and guidelines. The purpose of the management sys...
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Frequently asked questions
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Published: 2022-09-20
Frequently asked questions and answers about Proftest Syke services.
The questions are divided in six topic areas.
Registration and customer information | ProftestWEB | Samples | R...
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The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT)
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Published: 2022-09-26
BIONEXT will develop knowledge, tools, and guidance for mainstreaming biodiversity into policy making and provide concrete options on how to initiate, accelerate and upscale biodiversity relev...
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The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT)
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Utilization of DNA methods in assessing the ecological status and diversity of water bodies (eDNA monitor)
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Published: 2022-09-20
Traditional analyzes of monitoring data using a light microscope require long experience and good species identification skills. It can be difficult or even impossible to identify species with...
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Utilization of DNA methods in assessing the ecological status and diversity of water bodies (eDNA monitor)
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Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
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Published: 2022-03-16
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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...
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Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
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Responsibility and sustainable development
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Published: 2022-06-03
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...
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WasteLess Karelias
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Published: 2019-02-14
The project tackles littering and improves waste management in rural villages in North Karelia, Finland, and the Karelian Republic, Russia. We encourage and support local residents, authorities and c...
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Built environment information system – RYTJ
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Published: 2023-02-17
Photo: The Ministry of the Environment
The new national built environment information system (Ryhti) gathers data related to construction and zoning. The system will have two ...
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Current plans into the built environment information system (VOOKA)
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Published: 2022-03-16
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...
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Current plans into the built environment information system (VOOKA)
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