Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
The BOOST research consortium (2021-2027) aims to mainstream biodiversity protection and enable a just transition towards ecological compensation. Ecological compensation refers to the compensation of environmental damage caused by ecologically harmful activities through concrete improvements and actions in nature . The three impact objectives of the Ecological Compensation in a Just Transition to a Net Neutrality of Nature (BOOST) project are: - Improving national and international understanding of ecological compensation; - Development of an ecological compensation system; and -Mainstreaming ecological compensation. Together, the goals aim to design, build and implement an ecological compensation system based on researched information in Finland.
EU Legislative Interests
Member of the EU Expert Group for Nature Credits, targeting the EU Nature Credit Roadmap.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Connected Legislation
Environment, Security and Foreign Affairs
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies
Århus Convention application to EU institutions
Behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law
Revision of EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme)
Revision of LIFE programme
The environment - amendment of 85L0337
Extension of LIFE Financial Instrument to 2006 (Amendment: Reg 1655/2000)
Fight against serious environmental crimes
Decision on behalf of the EC, of an amendment to the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters
Environmental liability: prevention and remedying of damage
Environmental protection through criminal law
Decision on combating environmental crime
Environmental protection through criminal law (replacing Directive 2008/99/EC)
Access to justice in environmental matters
Corporate liability for environmental damage
LIFE: Romania's participation in environmental financial instrument
Environmental aspects of enlargement negotiations
Implementation of certain directives on the environment
LIFE Environment Instrument: Amendment to Regulation EEC/1973/92
EU environmental standards vs stricter national norms of 3 new Member States
The environment to take place in SOFIA in October 1995
Alignment of environmental policy reporting obligations
Biological Diversity
Environment Implementation Review
Amendment: LIFE Financial Instrument for the Environment (Reg 1655/2000/EC)
Review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC: Environmental inspection criteria
Implementation of environmental directives
Environmental inspections
G7 Halifax Summit 1995: Environmental considerations
Resolution on the Kyoto Conference objectives
Directive on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (the ‘ELD’)
Environmental information, public participation & justice