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Rain Garden Real-time Sensor Data
SusWater
SusWater (Sustainable governance of river basins with Hydropower production) focuses on water management in regulated rivers. The project looks at various avenues towards a more unified water management that is accepted both locally and nationally, while international obligations are met.
EU Water Framework Directive and ecological water quality
FAIRWAY - Farm systems management and governance for producing good water quality for drinking water supplies
The FAIRWAY project aims to review approaches for protection of drinking water resources against pollution by pesticides and nitrate, and develop innovative measures and governance approaches for effective drinking water protection.
Framework agreement with the Ministry of Climate and Environment for climate and environmental expertise
NIVA is part of a CICERO-led consortium that has won an exclusive framework agreement for climate and environmental knowledge for the Ministry of Climate and Environment (KLD) for 2023-2025. Together with our partners, we will contribute tools and expertise to the development of climate and environmental policy both nationally and internationally.
Benthic algae and heterotrophic growth
Is Europe ready to restore its nature?
Early 2024, the European Parliament will have a final vote on the Nature Restoration Law (NRL). An international team of scientists has investigated the prospects of the new regulation and published an article about it in the journal Science.
Susanne Claudia Schneider
Maia Røst Kile
Monitoring of Reference Rivers
The program "Monitoring in reference rivers" consists of monitoring in assumed reference sites in rivers with no or negligible human impact.
The River Monitoring Program
The purpose of the river monitoring program is to calculate inputs of nutrients and pollutants to Norwegian marine areas through monitoring of rivers and modeling of inputs from areas without monitoring.
Microscopy lab for freshwater benthic algae and heterotrophic growth
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Drinking water
Benoit Olivier Demars
Great need for scientific input in negotiations for a global plastics treaty
Earlier this month, NIVA and the NIVA-led Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty were present in Nairobi for the third round of negotiations for a binding global agreement against plastic pollution. The goal was to contribute to an agreement that regulates the entire plastics lifecycle and that is based on solid, independent research.
Europe’s rivers and streams: Positive biodiversity trend in European rivers and streams has come to an end
A recent Nature article with two NIVA co-authors shows that biodiversity in European streams and rivers has increased since the 1970s, but that the positive trend has stopped in the last decade.