Geological Survey of Finland - Geologian tutkimuskeskus

CONTENTS
Director General’s review 4
Message from the Board 5
Index maps 6
Programme activities
Bedrock and raw materials 8
Land use and environment 14
Geoservices 20
Information management 24
International activities 26
Finance and administration 32
GTK publications and reports 39
Staff publications and reports 45
GTK’s cooperation networks 53
Organization and management 54
GTK’s mission
To create conditions for supporting sustainable raw
materials supply and land use.
GTK’s objective
To create prosperity and welfare for society at large.
GTK in short
• The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is a
national geological research centre under the
Ministry of Trade and Industry
• GTK was established in 1886
• GTK has offices in Espoo, Kuopio and Rovaniemi
• The personnel was 786 (manpower years) in 2003
• The overall costs amounted to EUR 51.3 million
• The income from contract services was EUR 9.2
million
• The activities were guided by two strategic
programmes:
• bedrock and raw materials
• land use and environment
View towards Lake Pielinen from the Koli quartzite fell.
Finland is nominating its first natural heritage sites for inclusion in
the Unesco World Heritage List: the Saimaa-Pielinen lake district
and the Kvarken archipelago on the uplift coast of western Finland.
Both the Saimaa-Pielinen lake district and the Kvarken archipelago
possess special geological features that explain certain stages in
the Earth’s history. On this basis, the sites can be considered to be
globally unique natural heritage within the meaning of the World
Heritage Convention and could be added to the list on the basis of
the geological criteria (LI) contained in the Unesco operational
guidelines. The Saimaa-Pielinen lake district is also considered to
be a site “of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance”
thereby also fulfilling the natural criteria (LIII) in the operational
guidelines. Photo: Jari Väätäinen
Quartzite quarry at Nilsiä.
▲ Serpentine soapstone boulder, Polvijärvi.
Photo: Jari Väätäinen
▲
3