New funding backs globalisation strategy
Three Nordic Networks are to receive funding from the programme "Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in Nordic Primary Industries". The focus will be on health and genetic resources.
The three networks tackle the consequences of climate change for natural resources in the Region, focusing on animal and plant health, conservation, adaptation and the use of genetic resources.
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How can the Nordic countries best prepare for the consequences of climate change for natural resources and food production in the Region?
NordForsk and the Council of Ministers are to fund three networks that will tackle the consequences of climate change for natural resources in the Region, focusing on animal and plant health, conservation, adaptation and the use of genetic resources.
The programme committee has decided to award funding to three of nine applicants. The funds are from a pool worth a total of NOK 6.54 million. The networks will oprate for three years.
The programme is one result of the prime ministers' globalisation strategy, as part of which the countries seek to identify joint solutions to global challenges.
The results generated by the networks will be used to construct a climate policy in the relevant fields.
The new networks are:
Nordic Forage Crops Genetic Resource Adaptation Network (NOFOCGRAN)
Project Manager: Odd Arne Rognli, University of Life Sciences (UMB), Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norway
Arctic char; A species under threat and with great potential in the age of climate change (NORDCHAR)
Project Manager: Sigurdur Gudjonsson, Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Iceland
Nordic Research Network on Animal Genetic Resources in the Adaptation to Climate Change
Project Manager: Theo Meuwissen, University of Life Sciences (UMB), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norway
Further info about the about the programme is available here.
Contacts
michael.andersson@nordforsk.org +47 941 68 547
