Biodiversity Unit
Botanical Garden
Botanical Museum
Zoological Museum
Bothnian Bay Research Station
Botanical Museum
Zoological Museum
Bothnian Bay Research Station
The unit provides scientific and technical support for the research projects of the department and elsewhere in northern Finland, and advances international collaboration and networking.
The collections are main regional repository of biodiversity information (part of Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility). This information is broadly needed in different sectors of the society, such as biodiversity conservation or land use management. The collections are key resource in the assessment of the status and distribution of threatened species.
The collections of botanical garden are crucial in preservation of genetic resources and developing ex situ conservation. The units belong to the national network on long-term socio-economic research (LTER).
