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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
 
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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.

The results are for example used to track progress towards Sweden's environmental objectives and its commitments under international agreements.

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity.

The university has chosen to organise its environmental monitoring and assessment into programmes which relate to the Swedish environmental objectives. Read more about the programmes through the navigation bar to the left.

News

2013-01-11 -  Mixed forests – a missed opportunity?
Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, a new study finds.
2012-12-20 -  Tropical studies in Forest Facts from SLU:
Forest response to drought in the Amazon, and forest user strategies in Ethiopia
Read about the possible effects of drought in the Amazon on forest ecosystem function, and the success of various economic strategies for sustainable livelihood of local forest users in Ethiopia!
2012-09-25 -  SLU gathers forces for global cooperation towards sustainable food security and rural development
SLU Global is a new program for the development of a productive and sustainable global agriculture. Inauguration ceremoni will take place Wednesday 26 September at SLU Ultuna, Uppsala.
2012-08-23 -  SLU seminars on aquaculture and eutrophication at World Water Week
Today, when overexploitation is a serious threat to wild fish stocks and polluted seas is a problem, there is hope that the increasing global demand for fish and seafood can be met by sustainable aquaculture....
2012-08-02 -  Successful Polar Research Project
The major INTERACT project, wherein SLU contributes with research regarding Infrastructures for Environmental Monitoring in the Arctic, has been selected a Success Story by the European Commission’s Seventh...
2012-07-18 -  Life Cycle Assessment of Phosphorus Alternatives for Swedish Agriculture
An LCA study has assessed the environmental impact of four ways to supply Swedish agriculture with phosphorus fertiliser of acceptable quality as regards cadmium content: Mineral fertiliser; certified...
2012-07-10 -  SLU steer for “coast and sea"
SLU has started a new environmental monitoring and assessment programme about “coastal and sea areas”. The programme gathers the university´s expertise on marine environments and their assessment and aims...
2012-07-03 -  Analysis of fungal genome clue to why Carboniferous period ended 300 million years ago
An international study published in Science, with contribution from a SLU researcher, suggests that the rise of so-called white rot fungi coincides with the end of the 60 million year long Carboniferous...
2012-06-20 -  New study in PRSB
A new study reveals the spatial signature of intraspecific abundance distribution relationships, and the non-additive and non-stationary responses of species spatial dynamics.
2012-06-14 -  Bring New Insights to your conference
Research and knowledge from the SLU is now presented in a magazine, New Insights.
2012-06-08 -  Internationally recognised book series on Sustainable Agriculture
Researchers at SLU, along with other experts and scientists in the Baltic Sea Region and Great Lakes Region in the USA and Canada, have written a newly published book series “Ecosystem Health and Sustainable...
2012-06-07 -  Loss of biological diversity reduces productivity and sustainability of natural ecosystems
Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 ecologists from North America and Europe, including David Wardle from the Department of Forest Ecology and Management at SLU, are calling for renewed...
2012-06-07 -  Mires and peatlands modify global climate
The northern mires and peatlands have a cooling effect on the global climate. But the climate change now in progress, may affect the water balance of these peatlands, transforming them into sources of...
2012-06-01 -  SLU on Top 30 list of young universities
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) hits a prestigious number 27 on the Times Higher Education ranking list of the world’s young universities – “young” meaning not older than 50 year...
2012-05-22 -  World congress on peat and peatlands led by SLU researchers
During one week in early June, nearly 600 participants from more than 30 countries come to Stockholm to share new knowledge on research on peat and peatlands. The congress "Peatlands in Balance" covers...

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Partnerships, networks of excellence (Alter-NET,...)

Environmental reporting (Conventions, Commissions, EU Directives..)

Research infrastructure (LifeWatch, NFI data,...) 

Knowledge exchange (Baltic, Africa...)


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Page updated: 2010-05-26.
 
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