Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

Aquatic foods are superfoods for people and for our planet
SLU Global, SLU Aqua and SLU Aquaculture hosted a successful webinar about sustainable production and harvesting of fish, invertebrates and algae captured or cultured in freshwater or marine

PhD course broadens our perspectives on sustainable development
Many parts of the world are losing their wild animal species rapidly. At the same time, other parts of the world experience conflicts such as damage to crops and forests, as the number of wildlife

How to prevent the next pandemic?
A new EU-project aims to prevent future pandemics by identifying best practices for biodiversity recovery and public health interventions that mitigate disease risk. Epidemics and pandemics – most of
SILVA PhD Course - Monitoring Biodiversity for Science and Conservation
SILVA PhD course - Monitoring Biodiversity for Science and Conservation navinder.singh@slu.se SILVA – Faculty of Forest Sciences Research School Umeå Free nasi
Seed money call for interdisciplinary research
teresia.borgman@slu.se To strengthen interdisciplinary research, Future Forests is launching a seed money call in subjects related to forest sciences and sustainable forestry development. Vad kan
Forest Damage Centre funds 34 projects
The steering comittée at the Forest Damage Centre suggests to the dean to fund 34 projects from the budget for 2022. In total 67 applications came in, an impressive amount of skilled and creative
New call from SLU Aquaculture
To stimulate cross-faculty collaborations and further strengthen aquaculture research at SLU we announce a new call! Applicants can receive up to SEK 200,000. The last day to apply is 13 October 2022

Master's Thesis
Do you want to work in forests, in arctic environments, on savannas, or in tropical rainforests? Are you interested in historical data, or spatial data such as animal movements or distribution of
Reindeer husbandry and forestry
Reindeer husbandry and forestry: Challenges and opportunities for shared land use teresia.borgman@slu.se STUDENT SEMINAR. There is an alarming reduction in winter pastures and in the amount of

Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
How can we use natural resources in a sustainable way? What are the conflicts that can arise when different interests collide? Explore this with us in this course! In the summer of 2022, the course

Fish and wildlife management
What are the success stories of fish and wildlife management? What are the current challenges? After finishing the course, you will be able to plan the sustainable management of selected fish and

Applied Population Ecology
Why do some populations grow while others decline? How large is a population required to be sure that a species will not go extinct? How can we best select among alternate ways of conserving an