Projects
NIBIO is a project driven research institute and collects approximately 400 million NOK annually in project funding from both national and international sources. A lot of activity is carried out through EU and EEA-projects and we also participate in research projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. NIBIO coordinates several large international projects with a particular focus on food security and climate change. The list of projects is not complete.
Division of Forest and Forest Resources
AirHerd - Exchanging knowledge of drone use in traditional reindeer herding
The introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, to traditional reindeer herding has - literally - given the indigenous Sámi herders a new perspective: the aerial one.
Division of Forest and Forest Resources
ReinGrass
ReinGrass is a pilot project that aims to develop locally and sustainably produced grass pellets as supplementary winter feed for reindeer during climate change induced herd starvation events. The planned activities will provide the necessary pilot data to apply for larger funding. ReinGrass can