Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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Children Swap Forest Play for Screens
22. September 2025

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.

Changing Winters Will Hit Arctic Lakes the Hardest
5. September 2025

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.

Norway and USA Sign Research Agreement on Hydropower and Environment
21. August 2025

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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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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NINA is an independent foundation for nature research and research on the interaction between human society, natural resources and biodiversity.
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