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Press release 10.5.2024
Today, on 10 May, the Nature Talks To Us piece by Tapani and Joona Toivanen, which combines music, video art, and modern digital methods of collected nature information, has been published. The nature data used in the work was collected in the Finnish Ecosystem Observatory project. In the era of the eco-crisis, art and art-based research methods are also used at the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). Art allows us to access those areas of humanity on which the sustainability transition is based: culture, values, and emotions.
Press release 7.5.2024
The Finnish economy can grow even if the raw material consumption is reduced. At the same time, climate change and biodiversity loss will be mitigated, and pollution reduced. Finland should transition to a circular economy, as it reduces the use of natural resources and promotes crisis resilience. The new Policy Brief published by the Finnish Environment Institute explains how decoupling raw material consumption and economic growth is possible and what the transition to a carbon-neutral circular economy society requires.
Press release 7.5.2024
Biodiversity loss caused by human action results in nature becoming degraded and uniform. The more living beings disappear – ultimately causing extinction of species – the greater changes the functioning of ecosystems will undergo. The new Policy Brief by the Finnish Environment Institute describes how, at its most serious, biodiversity loss threatens food production and other ecosystem services that are important for humans. The publication also presents methods for combating biodiversity loss.