{"id":5161,"date":"2026-08-25T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/?page_id=5161"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:13:47","slug":"keynote-kirsi-marja-lonkila","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/annual-meeting-2026\/keynote-kirsi-marja-lonkila\/","title":{"rendered":"KEYNOTE: Kirsi-Marja Lonkila"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column5161_05dfd3-4c > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column5161_05dfd3-4c > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}.kadence-column5161_05dfd3-4c > .kt-inside-inner-col{min-height:260px;}.kadence-column5161_05dfd3-4c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column5161_05dfd3-4c > 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style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">KEYNOTE<br>Tuesday, 6 October, 14:15\u201315:00<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/08\/Kirsi-Marja-Lonkila00003-2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5163\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/08\/Kirsi-Marja-Lonkila00003-2-edited.jpg 1366w, 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wp-elements-22de4d41cd2818d23fac4ae54f057dc0\">Science-Policy Dialogue in Biodiversity Policy <br>\u2013 Insights from IPBES and the Ministry of the Environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b7cdd56ebe701a48fd60356ffac8086\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0;font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Kirsi-Marja Lonkila<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-951fbe8748b68d7b9210289dfc372be3\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Senior Specialist, Biodiversity and Nature Value Finance Unit, Finnish Ministry of the Environment<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-left:0;font-size:18px\">This keynote will explore how interdisciplinary marine research can best support the work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. The presentation will highlight key findings from recent IPBES assessments and discuss current policy needs from the point of view of the Ministry of the Environment. The talk will also examine opportunities for researchers to contribute to science-policy processes, strengthen evidence-based of decision-making, and enhance the societal impact of marine research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-left:0;font-size:18px\">Kirsi-Marja Lonkila is a Senior Specialist in the Biodiversity and Nature Value Finance Unit at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. She serves as Finland\u2019s National Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and acts as the Ministry\u2019s coordinating officer for the Finnish Nature Panel (Luontopaneeli). Her work focuses on biodiversity policy, science-policy cooperation, and the integration of nature values into decision-making and finance. She is also involved in research and development (R&amp;D) activities and R&amp;D policy development. For over a decade, Kirsi-Marja has worked at the science-policy interface, focusing on environmental policy issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:17px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"618\" class=\"wp-image-5203\" style=\"width: 19px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/08\/sos-blue-arrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/08\/sos-blue-arrow.png 870w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/08\/sos-blue-arrow-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/08\/sos-blue-arrow-768x546.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/annual-meeting-2026\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3997\">Back to annual meeting main page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOS Annual Meeting 2026 KEYNOTETuesday, 6 October, 14:15\u201315:00 Science-Policy Dialogue in Biodiversity Policy \u2013 Insights from IPBES and the Ministry of the Environment Kirsi-Marja Lonkila Senior Specialist, Biodiversity and Nature Value Finance Unit, Finnish Ministry of the Environment This keynote will explore how interdisciplinary marine research can best support the work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":3997,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"normal","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":5161},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mallehto","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/author\/2\/"},"comment_info":0,"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5161"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5239,"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5161\/revisions\/5239"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}