Environment Online, ENO, is a global virtual school and network for sustainable development. Schools around the world study the same environmental topics and share their learning results in their local communities and worldwide on the web. The themes cover forests, water, climate change, ecological footprint and cultural issues, for instance. Material and structured courses for each themes are available in English on the ENO website. The age of students varies from 12 to 18 yrs.More information can be found at: http://www.enotreeday.net

Biodiversity.fi provides up-to-date research-based information on the state and development of biological diversity in Finland. The web service has been created in close cooperation by Finnish research institutions, government authorities and non-governmental organisations. The service is open to anyone interested in the state of nature in Finland.

This is a research institute and a government agency under the Ministry of the Environment, located in Helsinki, Finland. It is both a research institute, and a centre for environmental expertise. SYKE's research focuses on changes in the environment, and seeks ways to control these changes

Metsähallitus is a state enterprise that administers more than 12 million hectares of state-owned land and water areas. Metsähallitus has the challenging responsibility of managing and using these areas in a way that benefits Finnish society to the greatest extent possible.

Metsähallitus is a state-owned enterprise that runs business activities while also fulfilling many public administration duties.

In its international cooperation, Finland endeavours to exert an effective impact on decisions influencing international relations and, in cooperation with others, to promote human welfare and prevent the eruption of crises. Finland also tries to contribute to the strengthening of international institutions' operational capacity and their regional and global cooperation. The promotion of cooperation helps prevent and combat new security threats.

PAN Parks welcomes the declaration of the International Year of Biodiversity as we also look to the opportunities triggered by natural succession and ecosystem dynamics to protect global biodiversity. In PAN Parks Wilderness areas, the priority is protecting ecosystem dynamics and supporting the protection of biodiversity - ecosystem dynamics link.

Many examples of this could be provided so a page on our website will be devoted to providing a collection of case studies, interviews, articles on the relation of wilderness and biodiversity and the PAN Parks efforts to protect biodiversity through wilderness protection.