A team of scientists from NINA and Akvaplan-niva just carried out the first field campaign for the FROST project, bringing together a large international team of researchers to study Arctic freshwater food webs during winter in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

Seabirds are being pushed to the brink by human activity at sea. Now, researchers working closely with industry have developed a new tool designed to support better coexistence between seabirds and commercial activities in Norwegian waters.

A new study published in Marine Biology reveals that black guillemots (Cepphus grylle) from two Norwegian colonies exhibit distinctly different migration strategies during the winter. The study documents their behaviour and habitat use outside the breeding season, and thereby provides crucial knowledge for conservation and management in coastal areas.

A new study shows that seasonal increases in ocean temperatures can have dramatic consequences for many important seabird populations in the region.

A new study reveals that most tools used by financial institutions to assess biodiversity risk fail to capture actual, on-the-ground impacts. – Without local impact data, most screening tools cannot fully mobilize investors to support biodiversity stewardship on the ground, says NINA researchers.

As the new Norwegian Red List for Ecosystems and Habitat Types is presented today, the knowledge behind it is broader than ever before.

A study on the effects of using different kinds and combinations of loggers on European shags (Gulosus aristotelis) was recently published in the Journal of Avian Biology. The authors conclude that loggers can have negative impacts on the shags’ foraging behaviour and have clear recommendations for designs of future logger studies.

The combination of hydrology, ecology and engineering has resulted in the smart design of a fish guidance system that changes the water flow and directs salmon past power plants. 

A new study reveals significant gaps in how investments are allocated in the governance of Norwegian forests. Several essential forest ecosystem services remain underfunded or neglected.

NINA and partners explore how science can better inform global efforts on biodiversity and climate at this year’s IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. Together they convene dialogue sessions on bridging research and policy, and advancing connectivity conservation across borders.

Well-established methods for monitoring seabird populations have provided solid data sampling for a long time, but they have certain shortfalls. Researchers from several countries have collaborated on outlining the possibilities and limitations of new technologies in seabird monitoring, and their recently published article presents recommendations for monitoring programmes that consider applying them.

Nature in Europe is being lost piece by piece. No complete overview has existed on how much is disappearing – until now.

Reindeer and caribou, both belonging to the species Rangifer tarandus, face increasing threats due to direct and indirect human impacts. A new study compares national conservation strategies in Canada and Norway in a quest for more effective strategies.

Boreal species are increasingly moving north into the Arctic, a process known as borealization. This shift is reshaping tundra ecosystems and could trigger cascading effects with profound impacts with profound impacts on Indigenous communities who depend on these landscapes.

Children are spending less and less time playing in nature. This can weaken both their understanding of nature’s value and their willingness to take care of it.

Climate change is reshaping lake ecosystems across the northern hemisphere. New research shows that the impacts will be most severe in the Arctic, disrupting lake productivity.

Researchers from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) will collaborate with American scientists to develop new environmentally friendly solutions for hydropower.

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A final release of four Norwegian white-tailed eagles in Killarney National Park marked the culmination of the reintroduction programme that has brought this majestic bird back to the island. 

Representatives of Indigenous Peoples, researchers, policymakers, and international organisations gathered in Trondheim to strengthen the role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in global biodiversity governance.