SLU calculates and reports emissions and uptake from Sweden's Land use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector (LULUCF).
We are systematically working to reduce our negative impact on the environment and increase our positive impact. Our Environmental Management Systems (EMS) is certified according to ISO 14001.
Read a summary of NonHazCity, a recently completed project aimed at reducing the emissions of hazardous substances from urban areas in the Baltic Sea Region.
Soil, Water, and Environmental Data
Data networks and biobanks
Freely available environmental data from Swedish lakes and streams, nutrient loss and pesticides in agricultural areas, as well as inventories of agricultural soils and crops.
Biodiversity laboratory
Laboratories
The laboratory analyses the taxonomic composition and biomass of aquatic organisms in lakes and streams.
OMK-laboratory: Analyses of chemical pesticides
Laboratories
Organic environmental chemistry (OMK) laboratory develops methods and performs analyses of mainly pesticides (plant protection products, both currently used and banned) in different matrices such as water, sediment, soil, air and bees.
The POPs-laboratory: analysis of organic pollutants
Laboratories
The laboratory analyses persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as pharmaceuticals, highly fluorinated substances (PFASs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and flame retardants, found in the environment.
IM
Facilities
Biological and chemical effects from atmospheric deposition and climate in natural forest ecosystems within an international network of catchments in the UN ECE region (United Nations Economical Commission for Europe).
Sites
Facilities
Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science, SITES, is a nationally co-ordinated infrastructure for terrestrial and limnological field research.
LTER Sweden
LTER Sweden is a network for Swedish research and monitoring stations conducting long term ecological research and monitoring. The network is open to all stations that fulfil the basic requirements set up by LTER Sweden and its mother organisation LTER Europe.
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, has its main locations in Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala. SLU is certified to the ISO 14001 environmental standard. • Phone:+46 18-67 10 00 • VAT nr: SE202100281701 • Contact SLU • About SLU's websites
