Finland’s Natural Resources Institute

It formed by merging the Agrifood Research Finland, the Finnish Forest Research Institute, the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and the statistics production of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The CEO of Luke for the five-year term starting on September 10, 2018, is Johanna Buchert. She was preceded by Mari Walls, who became rector of the University of Tampere. According to the law on the Natural Resources Institute Finland, its field of business is the promotion of competitive economic activity based on the sustainable use of renewable natural resources, as well as the promotion of well-being and rural vitality.