Environmental monitoring and assessment

In addition to research and education the Government has charged SLU with the task of conducting environmental monitoring and assessment (EMA).

SLU monitors the country's forests, agricultural landscapes, lakes, watercourses and species in order to analyse environmental trends. This makes the university a key player in interpreting and understanding changes such as those that may result from a warmer climate.

Forest
Agricultural landscape
Lakes and watercourses
Coastal and sea areas
Built environment
Climate
Biodiversity
Eutrophication
Acidification
Non-toxic environment

New Insights from SLU:

• Read about research for forest values and more...
• Monitoring data from SLU were used in the EU-project WISER, recently presented in Hydrobiologia.

• SLU is co-organising the Invasive Alien Predators conference as a part of the the LIFE+ project "Management of the invasive Raccoon Dog in the north-European countries", June 19-20, 2013 in Luleå, Sweden.
• The 12th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) will be held in Uppsala, Sweden from 6-10 June 2013.
• SLU is organising an international workshop for invited on Environmental monitoring and detection of invasive species - current challenges, September 4-6, 2013, Uppsala, Sweden.
• SLU is a partner of the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD).
• Read about the SLU REDD programme.
• Read the latest blog post on the set up of a lab for analysis of pathological tissue changes in wild animals in the Galapagos.
• New results and findings in SLU's Knowledge bank on environment.