Flagship leader: Per Fauchald, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, per.fauchald@nina.no
Knowledge basis for ecosystem based management
ECOMINA – ECOsystem-based management for areas targeted by deep-sea MINing in the Arctic: A pilot study
Project leader: Eva Ramirez-Llodra, eva.ramirez@niva.no
Participating institutions: NIVA, NGU, IMR, UoT, UoS
Net Environmental Benefit Analysis Tool to Assess the Environmental Effects of Arctic Oil Spills and Oil Spill Response Technologies –NEBA
Project leader: Lionel Camus, lionel.camus@akvaplan.niva.no
Participating institutions: ApN, UoT, NPI, UNIS, Cedre, UoLa
Ecosystem vulnerability assessment of resources in the Ecosystem vulnerability assessment of resources in the Barents Sea (VULRES)
Project leader: Raul Primicerio, raul.primicerio@uit.no
Participating institutions: UoT, IMR, ApN
Consequences for organisms and ecosystems
Improving Methods to Assess Ecological Restoration in North Norway (EcoRest)
Project leader: Gregory Taff, gta@skogoglandskap.no
Participating institutions: NFLI, NINA
Biological effects of the Skjervøy diesel oil spill – phase II of the sub-Arctic case study
Project leader: Kjetil Sagerup, kjetil.sagerup@akvaplan.niva.no
Participating institutions: ApN, UoT
Mapping and monitoring cultural heritage sites and environments in the Svalbard Archipelago (CULRES)
Project leader: Stine Barlindhaug, stine.barlindhaug@niku.no
Participating institutions: NIKU, NINA, NORUT, NPI
Fate and Impact of MIne Tailings on marine Arctic ecosystems – FIMITA
Project leader: Anita Evenset, anita.evenset@akvaplan.niva.no
Participating institutions: ApN, NGU, IMR, NORUT, NRPA, SIO, UoG
Arctic Cetaceans and Ocean Noise (ACON)
Project leader: Kit Kovacs, kit.kovacs@npolar.no
Participating institutions: NPI, UoT
Mineral Extraction in the High North – Radiological Risks, Impacts and Mitigation (MINEXRIM)
Project leader: Louise Kiel Jensen, louise.kiel.jensen@nrpa.no
Participating institutions: NRPA, NIVA, NULS
Consequences for cultural heritage and society
Sea urchin harvest: Ecosystem recovery, integrated management of social-ecological system, ecosystem service and sustainability (ECOURCHIN)
Project leader: Wenting Chen, wenting.chen@niva.no
Participating institutions: NIVA, UoT, Nofima, UoC
Fragmentation, density dependency and climate change – Saami reindeer husbandry on the brink
Project leader: Marius Warg Næss, marius.naess@niku.no
Participating institutions: NIKU, NINA, UCL
Evaluation of impacts of industrial development on cultural heritage and landscapes within an ecosystem services framework (EvaCES)
Project leader: Marius Warg Næss, marius.naess@niku.no
Participating institutions: NIKU, UoT
Environmental Impact Analyses (EIA) for reindeer herding – an evaluation
Project leader: Jan Åge Riseth, Jan.Age.Riseth@norut.no
Participating institutions: NORUT, NINA
Abbreviations:
ApN: Akvaplan-niva Inc.; AU: Aarhus University; AWI: Alfred Wegener Institute; BC: Bates College; BedIn: Bedford Institute; Bioforsk: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research; BOS: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science; BS: The Bjerknes Centre; CEBC: Centre d`Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; Cedre: Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution; CRRL: Control/Robotics Research Laboratory (NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering); CRRLU: Columbia River Research Laboratory USA; CU: Clemson University; DTU: Technical University of Denmark; DU: Dalhousie University; EC: Environment Canada; FMFI: County governor of Finnmark; FMI: Finnish Meteorological Institute; FNI: Fridtjof Nansen Institue; FOC: Fisheries and Oceans Canada; FSU: Florida State University; JAMSTEC: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – Spanish Council for Scientific Research; IMR: Institute of Marine Research; INEP – RAS: Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Russian Academy of Sciences; IOPAS: Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences; LCED: Lapland Centre for Economic Development; MarinTek: The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute; MCBR: Murmansk Country Birth Registry; MET: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute; MU: Massey University; NEI: Northern and environmental issues; NFLI: The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, NGU: Geological Survey of Norway; NHS: Natural Heritage Services; NINA: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; NIKU: The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research; NILU: Norwegian Institute for Air Research; NIVA: Norwegian Institute for Water Research; NMBU: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Nofima: The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research; NORUT: Northern Research Institute; NPC: The Northwest Public Health Researcher Center; NPI: Norwegian Polar Institute; NRPA: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority; NULS: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; NVH: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science; PINRO: Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography; RU: Ryerson University; SINTEF: The Company for Industrial and Technological Research; SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography; SRCES RAS: Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety – Russian Academy of Sciences; TECABN: Transport and the Environment County Administrative Board of Norrbotten; TM: Tromsø Municipality; TO: Troms Offshore; TRFM: Tana River Fisheries Management; UAF: University of Alaska; UB: University of Burgundy; UCL: University College of London; UoA: University of Antwerpen; UoAa: University of Aalborg; UoB: University of Bergen; UoC: University of California; UoCo: University of Copenhagen; UNIS: The University Centre in Svalbard; UoG: University of Gent; UoGo: University of Gothenburg; UoH: University of Hokkaido; UoJ: University of Jyväskylä; UoL: University of Leicester; UoLa: University of Laval; UoO: University of Oslo; UoOu: University of Oulu; UoM: University of Maine; UoNB: University of New Brunswick; UoQ: University of Queensland; UoR: University of Reading; UoS: University of Southampton: UoT: University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway; UoWa: University of Waterloo; UQAR: Université du Québec à Rimouski; UR: University of Reading; UT: University of Texas; UTu: University of Turku; WHOI: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution