Seppo Hellsten
Head of Restoration Assessment Unit at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE),
Oulu, Finland
“Management and restoration of surface water bodies receiving mine waters – lessons learned from Talvivaara mine impacts in northern part of Finland”
Event: W12 Congress: 1st meeting of Cities Facing a ‘Day Zero’ Scenario. Bellville & Cape Town, South Africa.
Partner Organisations: Institute for Ecological Civilization (EcoCiv) & SOSNPO
Date: 2-5 December 2019
Seppo Hellsten has been a principal researcher in several EU Framework projects for ecological assessment. He is the co-head of the largest integrated LIFE Nature project FRESHABIT in Europe as well as BIOWATER – the Centre of Excellence in Nordic Bioeconomy. These projects have a specific focus on assessment and monitoring. He has been a member of several EU official working groups, such as Pilot River Basins, Heavily Modified Water Bodies and Environmental Flows.
