Arctic marine ecosystems are among the most productive and most vulnerable in the world, both from an economic and ecological perspective of growing accessibility. The complexity o ...

Climate change is expected to have a profound impact on natural resources, and thus on the primary industries (agriculture, forestry and fisheries) in the Nordic countries. Climate ...

Föreliggande bok torde vara värdefull for universitetsstuderande inom ämnet biologi samt andra utbildningslinjer som innefattar fördjupad kunskap om kraniedjurens – kraniaternas el ...

Det är 1700-talsradikalen Thomas Thorild, som myntat de ord, som jag satt som titel på den här boken (och som Uppsala universitet gjort till sitt valspråk). I första stund kan de v ...

Mushrooms recognised as edible have been collected and cultivated for many years. In the Nordic countries, the interest for eating mushrooms has increased.In order to ensure that N ...

Bilderna från månen som sändes från denna steniga döda värld som ligger mer än 250 000 miles bort väckte känslor antingen medvetet eller omedvetet hos människorna på jorden. Även a ...

This study report analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the procedures which are followed when designating marine Natura 2000 sites and when deciding what fisheries management m ...

Discussions regarding regulation of endocrine disruptors (EDs) and combination effects are ongoing in Europe. Among the central topics of discussion are establishment of criteria f ...

The FIMAGLOW project is a Nordic project with the aim to study possible drivers and impacts of global warming on Arctic fisheries. Two workshops has been held, serving to identify ...

Många är de vetenskapsmän vilkas upptäckter stridit mot vedertagna uppfattningar och som därför hamnat på kollisionskurs med samhälle och kyrka. Det har varit personer som i grunde ...

A Nordic Workshop on “Ecosystem Services in Forests – how to assess and value them” was held in Oslo Thursday the 13th of September 2012. During the day, 13 presentations were made ...

The Nordic countries are often seen as green both in terms of a good environment and being capable of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This report is concerned with the dev ...

The land-use sector serves key environmental and social functions and supports the livelihoods of around a half of the world’s population. Despite its importance, however, the clim ...

To what extent and how can equity be operationalized in a spectrum of mitigation commitments? We approach this question through academic literature review and analysis of Parties’ ...

The European Union has initiated a number of initiatives to improve resource efficiency in Europe. The Ecodesign Directive is one of the policy instruments that could aid the trans ...

Puutarhuri ja villivihannesneuvoja Teija Saarisen oppaassa sukelletaan luonnon omaan puutarhaan, joka on täynnä terveellisiä ja herkulliselta maistuvia kasveja. Ravinteikkaita ja m ...

Boken är mycket sammansatt. Författaren John Martin Krauklis för oss först genom de svåra kapitlen om vetenskap för att sluta vid direkt religiösa frågor. Varje kapitel tar upp en ...

This report has been produced by the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) under a grant from the Nordic Council of Ministers under its Arctic Cooperation Program, as ...

Do we need antibacterial garbage bags? A wide range of antibacterial consumer articles can be found on the Internet. Mostly there is no information on the antibacterial agents used ...

In comparison is the commonly used Cap and Trade method with an alternative and novel method for pricing pollution: The aim was to conduct a practical approach to clarify advantage ...

The EU’s Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency obliges Member States to develop programmes to encourage small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve energy efficiency b ...

Outbreaks of infectious animal diseases within the last 10 - 15 years in areas with intensive livestock production have shown how vulnerable the production systems can be when conf ...

Many infectious diseases of domestic animals and humans have reservoirs in wild animals. One of these diseases is rabies which worldwide causes more than 55.000 deaths pr. year. Cl ...

In spite of the climate finance commitment by the developed countries to mobilise jointly 100 billion USD per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries from a wide ...

Vaikka kestävän kulutuksen politiikkaa on harjoitettu 20 vuotta(UNCED 1992), materiaalien kulutus ja ympäristövaikutuksetlisääntyvät edelleen Pohjoismaissa ja Euroopassa. On epärea ...