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Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe GOVAQUA
Project | 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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Living Labs
Content page | 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...

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe GOVAQUA > Living Labs
Research Themes
Content page | 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...

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Governance innovations for a transition to sustainable and equitable water use in Europe GOVAQUA > Research Themes
06-2023 Radon
Content page | 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...

Services > Quality and laboratory services > Proficiency testing and intercalibration services > Current proficiency tests > 06-2023 Radon
Environmental quality standards in the management of groundwater pollution
Project | Published: 2023-02-10

Background 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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04-2023 Wastewater analyses I
Content page | 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 ...

Services > Quality and laboratory services > Proficiency testing and intercalibration services > Current proficiency tests > 04-2023 Wastewater analyses I
Developing a common knowledge base for monitoring land use and its changes (Mammutti)
Project | Published: 2023-01-02

Project background  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....

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Developing a common knowledge base for monitoring land use and its changes (Mammutti)
03-2023 Natural water analyses
Content page | 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...

Services > Quality and laboratory services > Proficiency testing and intercalibration services > Current proficiency tests > 03-2023 Natural water analyses
02-2023 Swimming pool water
Content page | 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...

Services > Quality and laboratory services > Proficiency testing and intercalibration services > Current proficiency tests > 02-2023 Swimming pool water
I/2022
Content page | 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....

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Baltic Sea Pharma Platform (BSR Pharma) > Newsletters > I/2022
Strategy
Content page | 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. Vision S...

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Syke's management system
Content page | 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...

Syke Info > Syke's management system
Frequently asked questions
Content page | 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)
Project | 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...

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT)
Utilization of DNA methods in assessing the ecological status and diversity of water bodies (eDNA monitor)
Project | 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...

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Utilization of DNA methods in assessing the ecological status and diversity of water bodies (eDNA monitor)
Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
Project | Published: 2022-03-16

Background 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...

Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Finnish material flow analysis and scenario work on the use of natural resources in support of circular economy agreement
Responsibility and sustainable development
Content page | 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...

Syke Info > Responsibility and sustainable development
WasteLess Karelias
Project | 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
Project | 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)
Project | 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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