Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Cooperation and expertise for a sustainable future

30. March 2026

Restoration of Arctic wilderness in Svalbard receives top rating

A new evaluation concludes that the nature restoration following coal mining in the Svalbard archipelago in the High Arctic has been highly successful. The project is considered the largest nature restoration effort ever undertaken in Norway.

25. February 2026

From Restoration to Results: Why Monitoring Matters

At Hjerkinn in the Norwegian mountains, nature is gradually reclaiming the restored landscape. Following Norway’s largest-ever restoration project, systematic long-term monitoring is providing valuable insights into what has worked well...

26. November 2025

More than 200 habitat types are at risk of being lost in Norway

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

SHORTCUTS

NINAGEN

NINA Centre for Biodiversity Genetics

Restoration Ecology

Research on and implementation of restoration in aquatic and terrestrial habitats

Monitoring

Monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem change

Pink salmon

Monitoring the distribution of pink salmon in Norway

Wild Salmonids

Monitoring populations and ecosystems

Ecosystem Services

Monitoring populations and ecosystems

The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) is Norway’s leading institution for applied ecological research, with broad-based expertise on the genetic, population, species, ecosystem and landscape level, in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal marine environments.

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