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Finnish Environment Institute

LMO Description
Organisation: 
Finnish Environment Institute
Proposed role in INSPIRE development
  • submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
    • yes
  • contribute to awareness raising and training
    • yes
  • be kept informed
    • yes
  • implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
    • yes
    Details
    Level of authority: 
    National
    Finland
    Formal Mandate: 
    <p>The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is one of the main institutes responsible for Inspire implementation.</p> <p>SYKE is Finland’s national centre for environmental research and development. SYKE produces data on the state of the environment in Finland, including significant environmental trends and the factors behind them. SYKE compiles, processes and publishes a wide range of environmental data, while meeting Finland’s reporting obligations related to EU environmental legislation and other international agreements.<br /> SYKE is functioning under the Ministry of Environment (ME) and to a lesser degree under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF). SYKE was established in 1995 and has some 600 employees, which are situated in the main office in Helsinki. The Environmental Administration consists of the ME, SYKE and 13 regional environment centers ( some 2500 employee).</p>
    Main Activities: 
    Syke is responsible of several Inspire data layers. SYKE has its own environmental SDI (ESDI) which was built to serve the whole environmental administration in the country. This ESDI has been fully operational from 1995. Own data production by SYKE includes several datasets listed in the annexes of Inspire like Annex 1: Groundwater bodies, Natura2000 sites, Other protected areas, River network (including lakes), River basins Annex 2: Land cover, Bathymetry Annex 3: Land use, Environmental monitoring facilities, Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units, Natural risk zones, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution
    URL: 
    http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=5297&lan=en
    Area of work/experience
    Geographic Domain:: 
    National
    Finland
    Societal Sector: 
    environment
    Specific Expertise: 
    Metadata
    Network Services
    Monitoring and Reporting
    Data Specifications
    Data and Service Sharing
    Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development: 
    We have participated in development of Inspire. We are responsible of the national environmental SDI. We actively participate in the development of national SDI and Inspire implementation in Finland.
    Primary Business: 
    Environmental monitoring, GIS, remote sensing, ...
    INSPIRE Data Themes
    Coordinator
    Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Land cover, Land use, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution
    Producer
    Geographical names, Administrative units, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Land cover, Statistical units, Land use, Production and industrial facilities, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Natural risk zones, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution
    Theme User
    Geographical names, Administrative units, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Cadastral parcels, Land cover, Orthoimagery, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Geology, Land use, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Meteorological geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems