Jukka Similä

Jukka Similä has been Research Professor in Natural Resources Law at the University of Lapland since November 2013. His research focused on environmental law generally and particularly biodiversity and natural resources law. From the standpoint of regulatory theory, he has explored diverse legal problems, such as defining criteria for the evaluation of environmental regulation; the ecological effectiveness of regulation, regulatory innovations; how regulation affects the technological development; what explains compliance with regulation; what empirical evidence tells about the functioning of the system of appeals; and how to develop law for ecosystem services. His research has covered many natural resource issues widely, including nature conservation law, forestry, minerals and water. His main ongoing project relates to adaptive water governance. Enhancing Adaptive Capacity for Sustainable Blue Growth (BlueAdapt) project is funded by the Strategic Research Council of Finnish Academy (https://blueadapt.fi/)

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