PRESS RELEASES OF FINLAND'S ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

• Press releases by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
• Press releases by the Ministry of the Environment (in Finnish)
• News and press releases by the Housing, Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) (in Finnish)

WEBSITE RENEWAL

Finnish Environment Institute's new website has opened

You will find the new website and the new press release service of the Institute in the following address

• Syke.fi
• Syke's press release service

Website relaunch for Finland’s environmental administration

We are redesigning our website during spring 2013. The Ministry of the Environment, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) will have new home pages. Environmental experts at the Ministry of the Environment, SYKE and centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY centres) will continue to provide information for environment.fi.

Read more about the relaunch:

• www.environment.fi/websiterelaunch

LATEST NEWSLETTER

PEER News: SYKE’s OpenNESS project organised its kick-off

The latest newsletter of PEER (Partnership for European Environmental Research) reports on the kick-off of international ecosystem service project that is coordinated by Finnish Environment Institute. Other topics include a new UNEP report on nutrients and their effect on the environment, the climate change in the capital of Chile, and a probable breeding population of wolves in Denmark.

• PEER News March 2013
• Subscribe to the PEER newsletter

NEW FORUM

Towards carbon neutral municipalities - HINKU-foorumi

The Carbon Neutral Municipalities project brings municipalities, businesses, citizens and experts together to create and carry out solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The new forum helps actors by giving practical advise, creating networks and enabling new business solutions.

• HINKU-foorumi.fi in English

LATEST BROCHURE

Watershed simulation and forecasting system (WSFS)

	Image: Tapio Heikkilä

The Finnish Environment Institute has a hydrological watershed model system (WSFS). WSFS is used for flood forecasting, realtime monitoring, nutrient load simulation and climate change research. Forecasts are made on a daily basis for over 500 discharge and water level observation points. Forecasts are used for lake regulation planning, flood damage prevention and as information for the public and authorities.

• Watershed simulation and forecasting system (WSFS) brochure