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MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Long-term ecological effects of sheep grazing in alpine ecosystems and its integration with management

We propose to further develop two unique experimental studies in contrasting alpine ecosystems (running from 2000 in Setesdal Vesthei and 2002 in Hol) to address several important new research questions: The overall aim is to facilitate sustainable manage ment of sheep grazing in alpine habitats ...

Tildelt: kr 7,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Towards sustainable management of moose, red deer and their food resources

The density of moose and red deer has increased dramatically in Norway during the last three decades. In general, large herbivores can have profound impact on ecosystem structure and processes (e.g. succession, biodiversity), which is mainly mediated by b rowsing/grazing impacts on plants. In tur...

Tildelt: kr 5,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Study of Russian Air Pollution Sources and their Impact on Atmospheric Composition in the Arctic

RAPSIFACT will interpret existing and conduct new measurements of greenhouse gases, gaseous air pollutants, and aerosols in Russia, which is the most important source region for Arctic air pollution. This has especially high relevance and is extremely urg ent because climate change is proceeding ...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the high North and North-Western Russia

The aim of the proposed initiative is to develop a mutual scientific exchange program within environmental chemistry based upon transfer of scientific knowledge, MSc, PhD students and personnel. The main activity will be medium-term research visits (3-12 months; 6 months in average) of M.Sc., Ph....

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Svalbard

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

IPY Svalbard Course 2008: A multidisciplinary science - management cross-talk course on IPY projects and sustainable management of Svalbard

The target group of the IPY Svalbard Course 2008 are executive officers and managers in Norwegian governmental administration and the industry, and the aim of the course is to give the participants an introduction to the natural conditions, history, polit ics, environmental monitoring, industrial...

Tildelt: kr 0,70 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Policy for harmonising national park management and local business development

The role and legitimacy of large protected areas (LPA) is questioned in most countries in the world, and there is a quest for new management models and policy regimes capable of integrating regional development and conservation goals. The project will rev iew how conflicts in connection to PA hav...

Tildelt: kr 3,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Understanding Long-Range Atmospheric Transport Behaviour of Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Circumstances have been described where concentrations of contaminants have been higher in remote regions of the globe than in source regions. Examples are elevated concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic and high mountain regions . POPs are organic chemicals known to be ...

Tildelt: kr 4,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Consistency in Environmental Law

Økt bevissthet rundt miljøutfordringene har resultert i en forholdsvis omfattende utvikling av miljølovgivning både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Til tross for denne utviklingen er miljøproblemer som blant annet forurensning av luft, vann og land, tap av biologisk mangfold og forringelse av våre v...

Tildelt: kr 7,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2015

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Development of methods for tracing nanoparticles in the environment

There is considerable uncertainty related to the potential hazards of nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment, and public concern following reports of toxic effects. One of the major challenges in studying NPs is to detect their presence and distinguish them from natural particles and amorphous ...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Fire history in Trillemarka

Fire is the principal disturbance process in boreal forests, and little is known about the historical variability of fire frequency in Norway. An understanding of the historic variability in disturbance regimes is essential for implementing ecosystem mana gement. This Ph.D. project will study fir...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Trees as drivers of silvopastoral system function

The silvopastoral system is a livestock production option that involves the interaction of woody components (shrubs and trees), herbaceous forage and the different species of domestic herbivores. This system of meat and milk production has many advantages in the tropics both for food production ...

Tildelt: kr 3,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: A new model approach to assess genetically modified plants: their ecotoxicity and potential interactions with environmental pollutants

Genetically modified (GM) plants from modern biotechnology have already a history as commercialised feed and food products. The agricultural industry using GM techniques is rapidly increasing and represents large scale options and challenges for both soci eties and ecosystems. Environmental impac...

Tildelt: kr 6,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Influence of the Matrix on Species Richness in Ugandan Forest Fragments

The power-law species area relation (SAR) has been used to predict that as the size of a habitat fragment decreases, the number of species supported by that fragment will fall. Despite the widespread usage of the SAR in conservation biology, the relation ship is confounded by a number of factors...

Tildelt: kr 5,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Vestland

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

The Kola Birth Registry as a tool for populationbased studies of contaminants and influence on reproductive health and pregnancy outcome

A regional birth registry, compatible to the Norwegian birth registry, was initiated for Murmansk County in January 2006. The registry covers all 18 delivery departments in Murmansk County. The establishment of the birth registry has the potential of impr oving perinatal health and health care se...

Tildelt: kr 4,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: BOK OM FORVALTNINGSRELEVANT VILLAKSFORSKNING

Villaksprogrammet startet opp i 2001 og har, når det går inn i storprogrammet Miljø 2015 vært i virksomhet i noe over 5 år. Både som en del av sluttrapporteringen fra Villaksprogrammet, og som en generell refleksjon av nyere kunnskapsproduksjon om vill At lantisk laks, og de utfordringene vi står...

Tildelt: kr 0,16 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Innlandet

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Comparing, contrasting and integrating large carnivore predation and hunter harvest into sustainable ecosystem management

This project aims to bring together data from a range of ongoing projects on the ecology of large carnivores and wild ungulates and the sociology of human interest groups to focus on a set of topics that cut across the different species. These are the top ics of human harvest and carnivore predat...

Tildelt: kr 8,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Cultural heritage as an asset for economic added value; selection processes from a coast - inland perspective

The subject matter for this proposal is how cultural heritage is defined, assessed and activated for economic use, further, addressing such selection processes in a coast/inland perspective. A coast/inland dimension has previously been documented regardin g the uptake of measures towards cultural...

Tildelt: kr 4,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Towards a better understanding of bloom-forming toxic cyanobacteria

Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria are a main consequence of freshwater eutrophication. Despite considerable research efforts, the bloom forming capacity of cyanobacteria, their high competitive strength, and the regulation of cyanobacterial toxins in nature a re still weakly understood. This causes u...

Tildelt: kr 5,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Norms, green agents and environmental policy

Economic theory and policy prescriptions traditionally rely on the assumption of selfish, rational agents. Clearly, this approximation is descriptively inaccurate in the context of environmental issues. Recent advances in theory and methodology now allow economists to rigorously treat social norm...

Tildelt: kr 7,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Upscaling biological data, processes and models in relation to hydrological processes and models to catchment scale

In order to obtain sustainable use, development and management of water resources, it is crucial to understand how ecological and hydrological processes at small spatial scales relate to the whole catchment. The major challenge in this project is to integ rate the knowledge of the physical enviro...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Conservation Covenants in Norway (CoCoviN) - moderating conflicts, reducing bio-diversity loss and improving resource management?

Our main aim is to study the use of voluntary, but formally binding private-public partnership in nature conservation and management. Our hypotheses are: 1) Conflicts around designation of nature conservation areas are seldom founded on disagreement abo ut preservation goals; meaning: The confl...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Innlandet

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Effects of catchment processes and forest management in boreal forests on Hg and MeHg in surface waters

Mercury (Hg) pollution is becoming an environmental problem of great concern in boreal areas across the entire northern hemisphere, especially because of bioaccumulation of methylmercury (MeHg) in fish and consequences of this toxic substance for human he alth. There is an urgent need for better ...

Tildelt: kr 3,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Population-limiting mechanisms for Atlantic salmon during early estuarine and coastal migration

1) Recent research has demonstrated that conditions experienced by salmonids within freshwater may have a direct impact on the survival of the fish once they enter the marine environment. 2) Furthermore, the mortality of Atlantic salmon smolts can exceed 60% during the transition period from fres...

Tildelt: kr 5,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Quantitative and population genetic models for the effect of escaped farmed salmon on genetic variation and fitness in wild population

The overall aim of the project is to advance the understanding of evolutionary and demographic effects of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon on wild salmon populations using and extending existing mathematical models. Artificial selection for increased gro wth performance in farmed salmon have led...

Tildelt: kr 3,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Driving forces in vegetation dynamics and their consequences for ecosystem services

This project looks at four specific human-related driving forces of ecosystem change that are identified as major threats to biodiversity today or are predicted to become major threats in the near future. These are (1) habitat change, (2) climate change, (3) pollution, and (4) invasive species. T...

Tildelt: kr 4,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COOPERATION IN NORTHERN RUSSIAN AND NORWAY FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS ACROSS NATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC BORDERS

The proposed cooperation project is linked a newly started IPY research project PPS Arctic funded by RCN which fucuses on Present day processes, Past changes, and Spatiotemporal variability of biotic, abiotic and socio-environmental conditions and resourc e components along and across the Arctic ...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis

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Tildelt: kr 0,41 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2013

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Trace metals (Cd, Zn and Hg) in multiple stressed environments: effects on microbial communities and functions in soils

Water quality and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are profoundly affected by soil microbial functions. Surface soils are increasingly utilized for human purposes, which imply various stressors on the microbial communities. Sustaining vital soil functions is a crucial environmental ...

Tildelt: kr 3,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2012

Sted: Akershus

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Datahåndterings- og koordineringstjeneste for norske forskningsprosjekter under det internasjonale polaråret (DOKIPY)

Det overordnede målet med IPYs datapolitikk er å sikre oppnåelsen av IPYs hovedformål ved å knytte sammen fagområder, prosjekter og enkeltforskere gjennom åpen datautveksling og fri tilgang. Ved fri utveksling av data kan observasjonsprogram planlegges fo r å unngå overlapping og duplisering slik...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2011

Sted: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Fibre based packaging materials: Development of innovative and sustainable barrier concepts

The global urge for environmental sustainability is a strong driving force towards the development of new sustainable material concepts aiming at increased use of renewable materials. To satisfy the ever more demanding customers and convenience chains, th e food industry is in need of new packagi...

Tildelt: kr 16,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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