DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY INSTRUMENT

Improving the knowledge base on ecosystems dependent on groundwater and developing groundwater status indicators in cooperation between various fields.


STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Completed. (All the elements of the measure have been completed both in terms of time and at all planned locations. If a measure consists of an unlimited continuum of measures, a measure can be regarded as having been completed once the first sub-measure has been completed.)


FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Based on data produced by several research projects, a guide has been prepared for the classification of class E groundwater areas. In the context of the classification of class E groundwater areas, information has been collected on ecosystems dependent on groundwater.


RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Ministry of the Environment (YM)


PARTNERS

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), ELY Centres, Metsähallitus, water protection associations