Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2025 | Taru Haapaniemi Cabinet member | Forest bioeconomy in the context of the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy and the Clean Industrial Deal initiative; sustainable forest management in the context of climate change, forest damages, and growing demands for diverse ecosystem services | — |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Taru Haapaniemi Cabinet member | Forest bioeconomy in the context of the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy and the Clean Industrial Deal initiative; sustainable forest management in the context of climate change, forest damages, and growing demands for diverse ecosystem services | SRC |
| 06 Mar 2024 | Taru Haapaniemi Cabinet member | EU needs more from bioeconomy – North. perspect. to the sustainable use of natural resources. How to generate more added value from our fields and forests, how to increase self-sufficiency of primary prod. and how to combine hydrogen and bioeconomy? | — |
| 06 Mar 2024 | Taru Haapaniemi Cabinet member | EU needs more from bioeconomy – North. perspect. to the sustainable use of natural resources. How to generate more added value from our fields and forests, how to increase self-sufficiency of primary prod. and how to combine hydrogen and bioeconomy? | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Luonnonvarakeskus, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) is Finland’s second largest government research institute. It operates under the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry of Finland. Luke’s R&I services are organised into 3 interdisciplinary programmes based on strategic objectives: Renewing primary production (VITAL); Crisis-resilient biosociety (Robust); and Multifunctional natural resource use (Balance). Each programme oversees several focus areas co-developed with end-users. These aim to: create new bio-based products and business opportunities, increase productivity by digitalisation, support regional vitality via the circular economy, create wellbeing through immaterial values, and support the profitability of healthy food production. Luke carries out statutory government work, monitoring natural resources, certifying plant production, inspecting control agents, storing genetic resources, producing data on greenhouse gases, and supporting natural resource policies.
EU Legislative Interests
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, game management, environment, climate change, EU regional policy, circular economy, carbon cycle, digitalization
Communication Activities
Luke position papers • In the frame of The European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy - New innovations in freshwater aquaculture for expansion of profitable and environmentally friendly production. (2019) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031824090 • Global food systems – challenges and potential for transformation. (2020) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031824091 • Balancing between biodiversity, carbon sequestration and the use of forest resources: No simple solutions. (2021) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031824092 • Solutions to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss in the land use sector. (2022) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031523484 • Circular bioeconomy: tools for resilient primary production and security of supply with added value. (2022) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022091258371 • Emerging role of Boreal food production in the European context - securing European self-sufficiency and carbon neutrality by 2035. (2023) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023021527392 • Northern natural resources research provides solutions for the green transition – outlook for open strategic autonomy. (2023) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20230831114125 • Three key messages concerning the proposal for EU Soil Monitoring Law. (2023) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20230831114124 • Clean Industrial Deal should capitalize on the full benefits of the forest–based bioeconomy. (2024) https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024092474649 • EU needs more from bioeconomy. (2024) http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202402238459 • Europe's competitiveness compass points to the biosociety. (2025) https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20251110106531 Luke also coordinates or is a partner in dozens of EU projects (e.g. Horizon Europe, Horizon2020, Life, Interreg, EAKR (ERDF))
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Tulanet, Finnish Center for Animal Welfare, Sustainablility Panel, Finnish Organic Research Institute, AgriHub, Akis, Forest Bioeconomy Panel, Climate Panel
Organisation Members
Tulanet, Finnish Center for Animal Welfare (Eläinten hyvinvointikeskus), Sustainablility Panel (Kestävyyspaneeli), Finnish Organic Research Institute (Luomuinstituutti), AgriHubi
Additional Information
Käynnissä on yli sata EU-osarahoitteista projektia vuonna 2025. EU-rahoituksen määrä on alustava karkea arvio. Rahoitukset ilmoitettu rahoitusohjelmatasolla. Minkään yksittäisen projektin rahoitus ei ole lähelläkään ylittää 10 000 000 euron rajaa.