The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) is a research institute that offers strong expertise and independent information on global phenomena such as climate change, biodiversity loss, overconsumption, pollution and eutrophication. Syke promotes well-being through nature-based solutions and provides solutions to sustainability transformation. It is governed by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Brockmann Geomatics is a Swedish private company for geoinformatic consulting, offering tailored services, information products, and methodological solutions based on Remote Sensing and GIS technology. BG specializes in wetland and water quality monitoring, with running agreements with authorities and end users responsible for national, regional and local environmental monitoring.
Brockmann Consulting is a German private company, providing software and geoinformation services focusing on Earth Observation data and products. Brockmann Consulting provides services based on water quality products for inland and coastal waters, as well as coastal ecosystems, and software solutions including tools and interfaces for using Earth Observation data in different contexts.
Pensoft Publishers is an SME specialising in academic, open access book and journal publishing, software development and web design, project dissemination, and science communication. The company’s project department is a motivated team of active scientists, project managers and science communicators offering services including consultancy and development of communication strategies, plans for dissemination and exploitation, and data management plans.
CNRS is the most prestigious public research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. Headquartered in Paris, CNRS has offices in Brussels, Beijing, Tokyo, Moscow and many other major cities worldwide. The organisation is divided into 10 national institutes spanning various topics including Ecology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, etc., and more than 952 joint research units (as of 2016).
Wageningen Research, part of Wageningen University and Research (WUR) is a large university and research center in the Netherlands, specializing in agriculture, technical, environmental and engineering subjects. It represents a globally important center for life sciences and has consistently been ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide, and as number one for the 19th consecutive year in the national university ranking of Keuzegids Universiteiten.
WCMC is a global centre of excellence of the UN Environment Programme, specialized on biodiversity and ecosystem services. They work at the interface of science, policy and practice to tackle the global crisis facing nature, and support the transition to a more sustainable future. They participate in worldwide biodiversity assessment in support of international conventions such as CBD and CITES.
ULUND is one of the largest research universities in Sweden, and one of the oldest in Northern Europe (circa 1425). The university has nine faculties, over 45 000 students in 270 different programmes and offers 6 of the 10 most popular master’s programs in Sweden (as of 2021). It is the top receiver of research grants from the EU in Sweden, and is active in many internationally important research areas like neurology, nanotechnology, climate change and stem cell biology.
UTWENTE is a technical university located in Enschede, the Netherlands and has been ranked as the best technical university in the country by Keuzegids Universiteiten - the most significant national university ranking. Together with Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology and Wageningen University and Research, it is part of the 4TU federation of the Netherlands. UTWENTE has five faculties, covering the wide range of specialties from social science to engineering and earth observation
The UZH, founded in 1833 is the largest university in Switzerland with seven faculties covering topics from Theology, to Veterinary medicine, and Natural Sciences with a wider range of subjects and courses than any other Swiss university. UZH is also a leader in the field of remote sensing, focusing on the link between spectroscopy measurements and various aspects of biodiversity
VITO is an independent research organisation in Belgium that provides scientific advice and technological innovation for a sustainable society in the areas of energy, chemistry, health and land use. Its main goals to accelerate the transition to clean energy, reduce fossil-based feedstocks, stimulate sustainable use of space and water, and contribute to shorter material cycles for circular economy.