Finnish Environment Institute SYKE is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute. Our most important task is to solve society’s most burning questions that have an impact on the environment. O...

Today we celebrate the World Water Day and this year’s theme is ‘Valuing Water’. As stated by the UN High Level Panel on Water: “In order to recognise the value of water you need to understand water a......

Based on a recent evaluation, the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE is a progressive research institute that is widely appreciated in society. It produces research and expertise of a high standard an......

What is Liiteri? Liiteri is an information service focusing on the living environment and is governed by Finnish Environment Institute. Geographical information and statistics about the built en...

The preliminary results for the proficiency tests will be delivered to the participants within 1-2 weeks after reporting the results. The final report will be published  within 2-6 months. ...

R/V Aranda © Panu Hänninen SYKE maintains and develops many national infrastructures, which serve research either directly or indirectly. Infrastructures covering the whole chai...

Proficiency testing service, Proftest SYKE  SYKE has acted as the national environmental reference laboratory since 2001 according to the Finnish Environmental Protection Act. As the...

© Kai Widell SYKE provides information and services for government decision-making, sustainable business activities, and for research collaborators. Our most well-known services are ...

Everything you wanted to know about the Baltic Sea is now gathered in one place. Go to MarineFinland.fi to find real-time data from the sea and the best places to visit. Or maybe you want to learn mor......

We provide information and services for political decision-making, sustainable business activities, and for research partners. For citizens, we offer up-to-date information on the environment, tools ...

Seaguide.fi is a new map for boaters, people with holiday homes and anyone on the coast. The service provides information generated by several Finnish organisations on topics such as the weather and c......

The headquarters of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is moving on 19th November 2018 from the Töölö borough of Helsinki to the University of Helsinki’s Viikki campus (street address: Latokarta......

Creating sustainable smartphones © Unsplash Smartphones and mobile communications technology have great potential to drive sustainable development forward through the use of sma......

New genetics methods to imp rove the monitoring of water conditions © Petri Jauhiainen Modern DNA techniques provide a quick, reliable and cost-effective way of identifying the ......

Nature-based solutions introduced by local authorities in Europe © Panoramio Knowledge of ecosystem services provided by nature and their linkage to human well-being has increas......

Citizens as the producers of environmental information © SYKEKUVA Citizens can actively contribute to the production of environmental information by collecting, analysing and us......

Chile enhances the quality of environmental monitoring © ERC-Chile In Chile, confidence in environmental information has been undermined by inadequate quality assurance of envir......

Leveraging the energy transition © Unsplash Efforts to combat climate change are shaking up the energy sector to its very core. As part of these efforts, SYKE and its partners h......

Machine vision against invasive alien species © Jari Silander Machine vision is used to identify and map invasive alien plant species by utilising a method developed by SYKE and......

The almost 30-year-old Aranda will undergo a renovation at Rauma Marine Constructions’ (RMC) shipyard in Rauma. The repairs will involve a seven-metre extension to the vessel, which will become more e......