BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Blue Garden

Blue Garden was conceived at a 3-day Sandpit (Idelab) workshop organized by the Norwegian Research Council in June 2016. Sandpits are interactive workshops with a highly multidisciplinary mix of participants, some active researchers and others potential users of research outcomes, to drive latera...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

CharrAdapt: Adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate

The CharrAdapt project proposes to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of population biology, physiology and genetics. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr serve as an important model in whi...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Climate Induced Mobilization of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Rivers in India (INDNOPOP)

The overall goal of the project was to assess the climatic controls on the environmental exposure of diffuse chemical micropollutants in the hydrological system of the Ganges river basin. The Ganges catchment is one of the largest on earth, hosting about 7% of the world's population. Despite the ...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Environmental mercury in Norway: biogeochemical, microbiological and bioaccumulation processes driving increased mercury in fish

Forskere ved Norsk institutt for vannforskning (NIVA) oppdaget en gjennomsnittlig økning på 63 prosent av kvikksølv i abbor i 28 innsjøer på Østlandet mellom 1991 og 2008, til tross for at kvikksølvutslippene i Europa er betydelig redusert de siste tiårene. Forskerne begynte dermed å se etter for...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Environmental mercury and human health in Arctic Norway

Persistent pollutants in Arctic areas have received much attention. It is well known that these contaminants accumulate in food webs and potentially cause severe physiological damages to top level predators including humans. People in Arctic regions tend to be more exposed to these pollutants due...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Initiation of a cooperation project on capacity building for mitigating persistent organic pollutants in China

In order to strenghten it's research cooperation with China, NIVA has signed a cooperation agreement with Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, takes active part in the establishment of the Sino-Norwegian Interdisciplin ary Centre for Environmental Research (NI...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo - Oslove

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Persistent Pollutants in Rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The objective of the project is to conduct a survey on water, fish and sediments focussed on persistent pollutants in major river basins in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to establish a screening laboratory for important persistent organic pollutants in Saraj evo. The Neretva and Bosna rivers, the la...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - Coop. betw. the NIVA and Trent University on research on mercury contamination, mobility and transport in boreal ecosystems

Mercury in freshwater fish is an important food safety issue in Norway as well as Canada. Lakes in which fish have too high concentrations of mercury are ?blacklisted?, and people, especially pregnant women and children, are warned not to consume large am ounts of fish. The source of the mercury ...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PROFO-Forurensning – kilder, spredning og effekter

Vannkjemiske effekter av barskogplanting på Vestlandet

Det er mange ulike årsaker til tilbakegang av laks i vassdrag på Vestlandet. En årsak kan være tiltakende vannforsuring, til tross for reduserte tilførsler av sur nedbør i området. En av årsakene til økt vannforsuring i marginalt sur nedbør forsurede vass drag i område med lav tålegrense kan være...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2000-2005

Location: Oslo - Oslove