THE FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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1 1 THE Established in 1917 Under the supervision: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ministry of Environment Operating units: Earlier 2 research centres and 7 research stations Since1 October Units Personnel about 1000 Over 300 researchers Total of hectares of research forests

2 2 Official Tasks Monitoring of forest resources and forest health Forest statistics Testing and inspection of pesticides Registration of seed and planting material Timber scaling methods and guidelines Basis for forest taxation Forest tree breeding Forest damage diagnostic and advisory service

3 3 Marketing and Sales Forest statistics information services Comissioned research and consulation Information systems and methodological consultation services Forestry extension services Forest damage assessment services Laboratory services Forestry modelling and analysis Know-how and education

4 4 METLA MUHOS RESEARCH UNIT Specialised in the ecology of forest regeneration, the changes of forest environment, and the development of forest management methods for the Ostrobothnia- Kainuu region - Established in Staff of 50 persons - 1 professor +12 researchers - Metla Muhos Unit is responsible of Muhos Research Area (in 1923) and Paljakka Research Area (1961), total area of hectares.

5 5 PALJAKKA RESEARCH AREA Metla has centered the long-term storage of all bioindicator samples (lichen, bark, cone, needle, etc.) in the Environmental Specimen bank at the Paljakka Research Area. Paljakka Specimen Bank was built in 1994 and an enlargement including exhibition hall and lecture room was accomplished in 1999.

6 6 Paljakka ESB English Finnish

7 7 Paljakka ESB facility Total floor area 770 m 2, consisting room for Sample storage* 296 m 2 Sample pre-treatment 50 m 2 Offices 54 m 2 Accommodation 24 m 2 Exhibition and auditorium 120 m 2 * Nine individual storage rooms, m 2 Total shelve length m Storage rooms fire safe for two hours

8 Paljakka ESB specimen database 8 11/2005 Number Collected in Mosses , Lichen Pine bark Humus Forest litter Σ Microsoft Access database Sample evaluation continue Example: Forest litter material collected since 1958 can be sorted to seeds, flowers, cones, insect remains etc. useful in several different analyses ( multi-use )

9 Environmental Specimen Banking and Information Management Workshop, Helsinki Environmental monitoring and specimen banking in Finland Activities disperced to several Research Institutes (1) Agrifood Research Finland, (2) Finnish Environment Institute, (3) Finnish Forest Research Institute, (4) Finnish Game and Fisheries Institute, (5) Finnish Institute of Marine Research, (6), Finnish Meteorological Institute, (7) Geological Survey of Finland, (8) Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Natural history) Museums Normally under universities Helsinki (~ 11 Million), Turku (~ 4,5 Million), Oulu (~ 2,5 Million) Universities

10 Environmental Specimen Banking and Information Management Workshop, Helsinki Storage of environmental samples disadvantages Wide variety of specimen Storage not centralized No named persons in charge Preserved specimen not evaluated No sufficient and/or consistent databases Storage of environmental samples development Detailed evaluation of the stored specimen Collect and centralize all the information, build compatible databases and connect them to different specimen banking, biodiversity etc. classifications

11 Environmental Specimen Banking and Information Management Workshop, Helsinki Environmental Specimen Banking and Co-operation operation Between Different Institutes The Ministry of Education The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The Finnish Forest Research Institute Funding Coordinating Realization Project belongs to The Biodiversity and Monitoring Programme in Finland (MOSSE ) Main target of the current project is to develop operations model to improve and unify the storage and use of environmental samples collected in separate monitoring programmes and studies in Finland.

12 Environmental Specimen Banking and Information Management Workshop, Helsinki Stephen A. Wise / National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Specimen Banks in future: genetic and disease research; multi-purpose and/or specialized specimen banks. Hendrik Emons / Reference Materials Unit, European Comission Europian Union encourages human specimen banking and/or specimen banking consisting human specimen.

13 Environmental Specimen Banking and Information Management Workshop, Helsinki Audience How big specimen banks can grow? Continuous sampling and storage for ever?. Outcome Specimen banks are useful tools in environmental monitoring. Data availability is a key factor in more effective use of environmental specimen