Environmental Sciences

The Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) are responsible for the regional implementation and development tasks of the central government.

The website Climateguide.fi pools practical, studied and reliable information on climate change into one address and a uniform format.

Joint website of Finland's environmental administration.

The Finnish Environment Institute (also known as SYKE, after the Institute's Finnish acronym) is both a research institute, and a centre for environmental expertise.

The research institute of the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Information about the atmosphere above and around Finland, for ensuring public safety relating to atmospheric and airborne hazards.

Järviwiki (Lakewiki) is a web service built and maintained in cooperation by authorities and common people. In Järviwiki there is basic information of each Finnish lake over 1 ha in extent and different areas of the Baltic Sea, as well as tools for sharing observations and pictures.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry steers the policy on sustainable use of natural resources.

The Ministry of the Environment is responsible for preparing matters to be submitted for consideration by the Government and Parliament, matters concerning communities, the built environment, housing, biodiversity, sustainable use of natural resources and environmental protection.

The American Society of Naturalists is the oldest scientific society dedicated to the study of ecology, evolution and behavior.
The goal of the society is to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.

Natural History Museum

The vision of the British Ecological Society is to advance ecology and make it count.

Global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fish.

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open data infrastructure, funded by governments.