Links to Finnish nature and biodiversity

In the web service of the environmental administration:

Nature conservation

State of the environment

Information on nature and biodiversity:

LUMONET (Finnish Clearing House Mechanism of the UN Convention on Biodiversity)

Biodiversity.fi

Naturegate

GBIF in Finland (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)

NGOs:

WWF Finland

Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

Natur och miljö rf.

Birdlife Finland

Institutions:

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute

Metsähallitus: Natural Heritage

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Finnish Forest Research Institute

Finnish Institute of Marine Research-The Baltic Sea Portal

Statistics Finland: environment and natural resources

International environmental conventions:

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity

CITES, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

The Ramsar Convention, Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat

The Bern Convention, Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

The Bonn Convention, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

Convention on the protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area

The OSPAR Convention, Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

The European Landscape Convention

The Aarhus Convention, Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

International organisations and sources of information:

IUCN, The World Conservation Union

Countdown 2010

WWF International

Birdlife International

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

CAFF, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna

The Arctic Council

AMAP, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

Green Facts

Eionet, European Environment Information and Observation Network

EC CHM, European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism

Nordic Gene Resource Centre

NOBANIS, The North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species

Global Biodiversity Information Facility