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Kari Mäkitalo LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland

1 28.11. © Natural Resources Institute Finland 2019 733 3 539 mill. € mill. € Bioeconomy services Bioeconomy Water treatment and supply share 3 563 mill. € Renewable energy 15 280 mill. € 395 051 mill. € Agriculture and food industry National economy

16 % 16% 65 billion € Bioeconomy share

Source: Statistics Finland 2016

41 948 mill. € Bioeconomy products

Graphics: Vihreä biotalous – 100-vuotiaan Suomen hyvinvoinnin ja kilpailukyvyn perusta. 2 © Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke has long traditions

1898 MTT Agrifood Research Finland is founded

1917 Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) 2015 MTT, Metla, RKTL and Tike’s statistic services are merged. Natural Resources Finnish Game and Fisheries Institute Finland (Luke) is formed. 1971 Research Institute (RKTL)

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33 © Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke in a nutshell • Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) is a research and expert organization with expertise in renewable natural resources and sustainable food production. • Luke provides innovative solutions for new business opportunities based on natural resources. • Our strengths are in sustainable production and use of natural resources and thorough knowledge of bio-based raw materials.

4 © Natural Resources Institute Finland Personnel

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1288 Employees 31,9% Doctoral degree 46 Professors

June 2019

Academy of Finland, Ministries Business Finland, Strategic Research Council 16 23 Companies 12 % 9 21 Regional and Other public structural fund organizations 32 2 12 Funds, foundations and organizations Other foreign © Natural Resources Institute Finland 6 Nordic EU Scientific activity

• 715n-going o research projects, including 66 EU projects.

• 589 scientific peer- reviewed articles in 2018

• Top stories in e.g. Nature

7 © Natural Resources Institute Finland Utsjoki Luke is located Inari throughout Finland

Locations Helsinki ja Espoo, Jokioinen, Joensuu, Oulu, Turku, Jyväskylä, Seinäjoki, Kokkola, Maaninka Location Rovaniemi (Kuopio), Paltamo, Rovaniemi Experimental station Keminmaa Taivalkoski Aquaculture infrastructure Oulu Experimental stations Research co-operation site Siikajoki Paljakka Piikkiö, Haapastensyrjä, Ypäjä, Parkano, Paltamo Kajaani Savonlinna, Suonenjoki, Paljakka, Siikajoki, Utsjoki Kokkola

Maaninka (Kuopio) Aquaculture infrastructure Seinäjoki Kuopio Laukaa Joensuu Suonenjoki Enonkoski, Laukaa, Taivalkoski, Keminmaa, Inari Jyväskylä Parkano Enonkoski Mikkeli Tampere Research co-operation sites Savonlinna Jokioinen Ypäjä Haapastensyrjä Tampere, Mikkeli, Kajaani, Kuopio campus (Loppi) Turku Piikkiö (Kaarina) Helsinki ja © Natural Resources InstituteEspoo Finland 8 Research forests

• Total area of the16 research forests is 32 000 ha, of which about 15 000 ha in Lapland • Over 2000 experiments or permanent research plots • Research forests are nowadays governed/managed by Metsähallitus • In addition, many experiments and plots have been established in forests outside of Luke research forests, owned by Metsähallitus or forest companies

• Luke is responsible of the gene reserve forests in Finland • 44 gene reserve forests, 7 200 ha • Different climate zones • Scots pine, Norway spruce, Silver birch, Downy birch, broad-leaved species • + Gene reserve collections

• In addition to forests, Luke also is responsible of different animal and plant gene reserve protection in Finland

• About 500 ha agricultural research fields altogether in Jokioinen, Piikkiö, Ylistaro, Maaninka, Ruukki and Loue (7 ha) • Research on cereal plants, forage crops, ornamental plants etc. • Fields are nowadays governed by Metsähallitus • Dairy research farms in Jokioinen and Maaninka and a beef farm in Ruukki

• Research on cow health, behaviour and production capacity • Modern measuring facilities • Development of dairy farms

Biopaja services are customised according to the specific needs of each customer. Examples of the services: • investigation of biomass potentials • productivity and cost benchmarking • biogas and pyrolysis experiments • laboratory analytics • experiments on manufacturing and use of fertilisers • expert consulting and studies • customised studies in accordance with customer-specific needs • research and development projects in cooperation with universities, research institutions and companies

Research areas: • Genomics and breeding • Blue production • Sustainable use of aquatic ecosystems • Value-added food and aqua-biomass products

Rearing tank. Image: Pekka Hyvärinen / Luke

Locations Helsinki ja Espoo, Jokioinen, Joensuu, Oulu, Turku, Jyväskylä, Seinäjoki, Kokkola, Maaninka Location Rovaniemi

(Kuopio), Paltamo, Rovaniemi Experimental station Keminmaa Aquaculture infrastructure Taivalkoski Oulu Experimental stations Research co-operation site Siikajoki Paljakka Piikkiö, Haapastensyrjä, Ypäjä, Parkano, Paltamo Kajaani Savonlinna, Suonenjoki, Paljakka, Siikajoki, Utsjoki Kokkola

Maaninka (Kuopio) Seinäjoki Kuopio Aquaculture infrastructure Joensuu Laukaa Suonenjoki Enonkoski, Laukaa, Taivalkoski, Keminmaa, Inari Jyväskylä Parkano Mikkeli Enonkoski Tampere Research co-operation sites Savonlinna Jokioinen Ypäjä Haapastensyrjä Tampere, Mikkeli, Kajaani, Kuopio campus (Loppi) Turku Piikkiö (Kaarina) Helsinki ja © Natural Resources InstituteEspoo Finland 17 Bioruukki (Espoo)

Luke and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland join forces in VTT Bioruukki in Espoo. Luke has installed its pilot equipment in the Bioruukki biomass centre to refine biomass and by-products from forestry and agriculture into new types of high added value products, such as • biodegradable materials, • cosmetics and • food components.

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