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Freezing healthy plants for the future

Published 22.08.2016

Potato and important horticultural crops such as strawberries and raspberries propagate vegetatively. To avoid ever-greater damage from viruses and other diseases that live inside the plants, there must be healthy mother plants.v

New book showcasing studies on climate adaptation in agriculture from around the world

Published 12.08.2016

A new, leading-edge book is demonstrating how resilient food systems are developed using Climate Smart Agriculture, agroecology and conservation agriculture to address climate change in different regions of the world.

Acclaim for ClimaAdapt

Published 02.08.2016

ClimaAdapt has been highlighted as a success story demonstrating how scientists and community leaders can work together using science to make a local impact, by the Thriving Earth Exchange programme.

Breakdown of pesticides in the Norwegian climate

Published 30.06.2016

The Nordic climate can represent poor conditions for the breakdown of pesticides in the soil compared to the rest of Europe. This must be taken into account when approving pesticides for use in Norway.

It has come to the soil and in the soil it should remain

Published 29.06.2016

In cooperation with archaeologists, scientists from NIBIO have examined soil layers on construction sites to find out whether cultural heritage can be removed or if it is best left where it is.

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National forest inventories and remote sensing – better information, better decisions

Published 29.06.2016

With better information, better decisions can be made. Advances in inventory technology provide forest data at ever smaller scales – from region-wide assessments of forest resources, down to detailed imaging of individual trees.

The world sees Norway’s “Tilbakeblikk”

Published 27.06.2016

The photographic project “Tilbakeblikk” has been running since 2005, and is continually being developed. Changes in the Norwegian landscape are shown through re-photography and exhibition of previously photographed motifs. In 2015, these pictures of a changed Norwegian landscape reached the rest of the world.

Identifying best practises at Tanzania REDD+ workshop

Published 17.06.2016

Nils Vagstad, acting CEO for NIBIO, yesterday welcomed close to 50 participants to a two-day workshop at Ås, which aims to further strengthen the ongoing development of the Forest Reference Emissions Level (FREL) for REDD+ in Tanzania.

Remote Sensing and Forest Inventories Contribute to Saving Tropical Forests

Published 15.06.2016

REDD+ aims to save and protect tropical forests, thus playing a major role in combating climate change and protecting biological diversity. However, many tropical countries lack the necessary forest monitoring method required for REDD+ funding, such as remote sensing with radar satellites and nation-wide forest inventories.