Diversity and coexistence

The primary challenges of the research area lie in safeguarding biodiversity, and in restoring biodiversity in production environments and the nature used by people in a manner that allows for securing the sustainable use of natural resources at the same time.

PRESERVE: Protection and REStoration of peatland biodiversity, and Ecosystem seRVicEs in Natura 2000 sites

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2025–2028

Safeguarding biodiversity and carbon-rich forest networks in Europe

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2025–2029

Urban Biodiversity Parks, Urban Biodiversity Parks as co-creative platforms for enhancing biodiversity, learning and community involvement in urban ecological regeneration

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2024–2027

Management measures for migratory fish populations in regulated rivers - Umbrella IV

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2025–2028

Safeguarding Carbon and Biodiversity across European Forest Ecosystems through Multi-actor Innovation

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2025–2029

LIFE BOREALWOLF

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2019–2025

World-changing climatic events through high-latitude and high-precision tree-ring records

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2023–2027

Other effective area-based conservation measures OECM – data examination and development for implementation of the commitments related to EU Biodiversity Strategy

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2023–2025

DIAdromous Species: moving towards new PARadigms to achieve holitistic scientific Advice

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2024–2026

Development of grove mapping practices

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2024

High biodiversity and low pest risks in forests with six-legged forester

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2024–2027

MonitAnt - Developing a European-level Monitoring strategy for mound-building Formica Ants and symbiont communities residing in nest mounds

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2024–2026

Protection by deception: from predator behavior to predator–prey dynamics

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2023–2026

Our Precious Waters - Finnish-Norwegian water catchment management to conserve joint waters and biodiversity

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2023–2026

Bringing institutional virtues into governance: Integrating the scientific, indigenous, and local knowing in Teno river salmon policy and administration (DEATNU)

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2022–2026

Recovering diversity in salmon populations and cultures of fishing: the subarctic River Teno basin as a confluence and a Living Lab (RecoSal)

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2023–2025

SOTKA Luke – Assessing the impacts of wetland establishment and restoration

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2020–2025

WINDLIFE

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2023–2027

Sub-project: Effects of wind power plants on reindeer and reindeer herding

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2023–2027

Torne River International Watershed - TRIWA LIFE

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2023–2030

Brown trout reintroduction in the streams of Hupisaaret city park

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2019–2023

Harvest residue removal in promoting sustainable forestry and reindeer husbandry

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2022–2023

Bringing back the extinct sturgeon into the North-Eastern Baltic Sea

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2022–2027

Our Saimaa Seal LIFE

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2020–2025