Projects
NIBIO is a project driven research institute and collects approximately 100 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
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
Division of Forest and Forest Resources
The Language of Climate
The aim of the project is to increase the awareness, knowledge and expertise of the society and particularly school children in the field of climate, climate change and adaptation to the climate change. An information campaign with practical experiments avd observation regarding climate change and adaption will be implemented. The project Klimata valoda - climate language, is based on three directions of action involving schools and youngsters as well as public in general.
Division of Forest and Forest Resources
Animal Sensor Networks
Bruken av trådløse sensorer for å samle inn informasjon fra dyr har blitt stadig viktigere. Dette gjelder bruksområder som omfavner alt fra praktisk landbruk, dyreforskning og det er brukt i turisme-sammenheng mm. Formålet med dette prosjektet var å gjennomføre anvendt forskning innen fagområdet sensornettverk for dyr og etablere et kompetansenettverk innen Botnia/Atlantica-området (Norge, Sverige og Finland) for denne type forskning.