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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.
Publications and theses
Microscopy lab for phytoplankton
Microscopy lab for freshwater benthic fauna
France Collard
Eli Rinde
Joanna Lynn Kemp
Elizaveta Protsenko
Laura Friedrich
Kari Austnes
Stephanie Delacroix
Bibiana Gomez Crespo
Paulo Mira Fernandes
SOS-Water
The SOS-Water project, initiated in October 2022 and funded by the EU, aims at addressing the increasing pressure on global freshwater resources by defining a “safe operating space” (SOS) for water resources, considering environmental, social, and economic dimensions, while co-creating objectives and indicators integrated into hydrological models.
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MARine Ecosystem Accounting (MAREA) for integrated coastal planning in the Oslofjord
Mapping and valuation of ecosystem services can help turn the tide on ecosystem degradation of urbanizing coastal areas.