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Experts to map human developments in protected waterways in Norway
2. October 2024

Roads, agriculture and micro power stations have been legally established in protected waterways throughout Norway. Now, on behalf of the national water resources and energy authority, NINA experts will map the magnitude of these developments and how much intact nature ​​we have left in our protected waterways.

Restored mine becomes world heritage
29. August 2024

Fjords and glaciers in the Svalbard archipelago in the High Arctic have been included in the list of geological landmarks of great importance for understanding Earth's history. The nature restoration of Svea mine and surrounding areas did the trick.  

Towards a common approach to assess nature's contribution to tourism
28. May 2024

Researchers present a novel overview of ecosystem services assessment approaches related to nature-based tourism, with specific focus on monetary valuation methods. An important contribution towards development of harmonized methodologies, and uptake of ecosystem services information in planning and development processes. 

NINA and Hydro Energy team up for biodiversity
30. April 2024

NINA assesses status and implementation gaps of performance standards and no net loss commitments, in relation to energy sector developments in Norway.  

The World’s best method to capture and store carbon
8. December 2022

Nature does the job for us, for free.  But, in the search for good measures to compensate for man-made greenhouse gas emissions, carbon emissions from disturbance or loss of biodiversity caused by these measures are often not included in the calculation.

Footprint and Impacts of Renewable Energy: Pressure on Lands Under Growth
12. December 2021 Hydro-, wind- and solar power are key to green energy production, but future planning needs a better understanding of the tradeoffs among different options.
Major wind research centre kicks off its activities
16. June 2021

The NorthWind research centre on wind energy launched its activities today with its first General Assembly.  

China and India dominate in greening the Earth
13. February 2019

A new study reports China’s planting of trees and India’s intensive crop cultivation as the main reasons why the Earth is greening throwing doubt on the role of carbon dioxide fertilization, which climate change skeptics have

Elephants in Namibia more stressed outside the national park
25. January 2018

The stress levels in elephants living in the areas outside Etosha National Park is higher than in elephants living inside the park. This is revealed in a study where researchers from NINA and NTNU measured the levels of stress hormones in elephan

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