Research infrastructures and international cooperation
Research infrastructures refer to tools, equipment, data networks, databases, and materials, as well as services that enable research, promote research collaboration, and strengthen research and innovation capacity and expertise.
Research infrastructures can be centralized, distributed, or virtual entities, or combinations of these. Europe has many large research infrastructures that are used internationally.
Research infrastructures often include smaller, independently operating infrastructures and form interconnected networks of research infrastructures. They can be related to or part of more than one research infrastructure.
Research infrastructures have diverse impacts and are often at the core of science and technology hubs.
This page compiles ongoing and planned research infrastructures essential for the development of nature information in Finland.
Research infrastructures for nature information
- Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure (FINMARI)
Link to the infrastructure website - Hydrologian tutkimusinfrastruktuuri (HYDRO-RI-Platform)
Link to the infrastructure website - The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF)
Link to the infrastructure website - The Finnish Ecosystem Observatorio (FEO-RI)
Linkki infrastruktuurin sivuille - Geoportti Research Infrastructure
Link to the infrastructure website - INAR RI Ecosystems, LTER Finland & eLTER
Link to the infrastructure website: INAR RI Ecosystems, LTER Finland & eLTER - Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (AnaEE Finland)
Link to the infrastructure website - Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Reseach Infractructure (ACTRIS Finland)
Linkki infrastruktuurin sivuille - ICOS-Finland
Link to the infrastructure website
Many national research infrastructures are connected to international research infrastructures, which can be either regional (e.g., ESFRI) or global (e.g., GBIF and ILTER).
In terms of biodiversity monitoring, a key international collaboration network is GEO BON. GEO BON supports the development and work of regional, national, and thematic biodiversity monitoring networks. GEO BON has initiated the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Observing System (GBiOS).