Environmental control and management
- Environmental control
- Environmental management
- Introduction to environmental management standards
- Introduction to environmental labels and declarations
- Ecodesign
- Introduction to ecolabels
- Life cycle thinking, management and assessment
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
- Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA)
- Design for the environment and green chemistry
- Sustainability management
- Circular economy management and assessment
- EU policy framework
- *EU Environment Action Programme
- *Sustainable development
- *Sustainable use of natural resources
- *Sustainable production and consumption
- *Circular economy
- *Climate action
- *Bioeconomy
- *Forest policy
- *Resource efficiency and raw materials
- *Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
- *Energy policy
- *Industrial policy
- *Best Available Techniques (BAT) and BREF
- *EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
- *Green, sustainable and circular public procurement
- EU legal framework
- *SEA and EIA directives
- *EU FLEGT Regulation and EU Timber Regulation
- *Ecodesign Directive and Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)
- *EU Emissions Trading Directive
- *Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
- *Renewable energy and energy efficiency
- *Air quality and environmental noise
- *Reduction of certain atmospheric pollutants and ozone regulation
- *Water Framework Directive
- *Floods Directive and Groundwater Directive
- *Nitrates from agriculture and the sustainable use of pesticides
- *Construction products regulation and urban waste-water treatment
- *Waste Framework Directive
- *Packaging, packaging waste and landfill
- *Environmental liability and the control of major-accident hazards
- *Habitats Directive and Directive of Public Access to Environmental Information
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- *The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and The Paris Agreement
- *The UN Forest Instrument
- *The International Tropical Timber Agreement
- *The UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- *The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- *The UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- *The Aarhus Convention and The Kyiv Protocol
- *The Espoo Convention
- *The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
- *The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
- *The Bazel Convention – Hazardous wastes and their disposal
- Environmental control and management in Finland
- Circular economy management in Finland
- Environmental policy in Finland
- *Sustainable development in Finland
- *Sustainable consumption and production policy in Finland
- *Circular economy policy in Finland
- *Bioeconomy policy in Finland
- *Climate policy in Finland
- *Biodiversity related policy in Finland
- *Land use policy in Finland
- *Construction policy in Finland
- *Waste policy in Finland
- *The policies related to environmental hazards of chemicals in Finland
- *Plastics policy in Finland
- Environmental law in Finland
- *Environmental Protection Act and Decree
- *Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure
- *Nature Conservation Act and Decree
- *Land Use and Building Act and Decree
- *Forest Act and Decree
- *Climate Change Act
- *Water Act
- *Waste Act and Decree
- *Chemicals Act
- *Act on Compensation of Environmental Damage and Environmental Damage Insurance Act and Decree
*Biodiversity related policy in Finland The biodiversity related policy in Finland aims at preserving the genetic variety of organisms, the abundance of species and the diversity of habitats. It acknowledges that biodiversity must be protected and maintained to safeguard the conditions which support life on the planet and that protection is necessary because many organisms
Authors & references
Authors:
Roope Husgafvel, Aalto University
References:
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Biodiversity – aiming to preserve the genetic variety of organisms, the abundance of species and the diversity of habitats. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Strategy mainstreams environmental work. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Strategy_and_action_plan_for_biodiversity [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Government Resolution on the Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Finland for the years 2012–2020, ‘Saving Nature for People’. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/download/noname/%7BDF4D24DF-6F32-4546-97E9-C89E85F62662%7D/92064 [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Saving Nature for People National action plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Finland 2013–2020. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/download/noname/%7BEA60AA4E-861F-414D-9EFE-E8B967313381%7D/96885 [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Nature reserves and other areas for the protection of nature. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Nature_Conservation_Areas [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Nature conservation programmes. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Nature_conservation_programmes [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Action plans ensure biodiversity. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Nature_conservation_programmes/Action_programmes [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Helmi habitats programme aims to strengthen biodiversity. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Nature_conservation_programmes/Helmi_habitats_programme [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Protection of species – aimed at the protection of populations and distribution of species. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Protection_of_species [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. Protection of natural habitats promotes ecological diversity. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/Protection_of_habitats [Accessed 25th September 2020].
- Ministry of the Environment 2020. International cooperation on nature conservation. [Online] Available from: https://www.ym.fi/en-US/Nature/Biodiversity/International_cooperation [Accessed 25th September 2020].
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