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FNI is an independent foundation engaged in research on international environmental, energy and resource management politics.

Fridtjof Nansen InstituteWithin this framework the institute's research is mainly grouped around six focal points:
   Global governance and sustainable development
   Marine affairs and Law of the Sea
   Biodiversity and biosafety
   Polar and Russian politics
   European energy and environmental politics
   Chinese energy and environmental politics

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FNI publications

Latest books

Olav Schram Stokke & Geir Hønneland (eds): International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building Lars H. Gulbrandsen
Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries
Cheltenham, UK/Northampton (MA), USA, Edward Elgar, 2010, 213 p.
Olav Schram Stokke & Geir Hønneland (eds): International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building Olav Schram Stokke and Geir Hønneland (eds):
International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building
Paperback edition. London, Routledge, 2010, 196 p.
Davor Vidas (ed): Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation – IUU Fishing, Oil Pollution, Bioprospecting, Outer Continental Shelf Davor Vidas (ed):
Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation – IUU Fishing, Oil Pollution, Bioprospecting, Outer Continental Shelf
Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010, 642 p.

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 Latest other research publications

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Tor Håkon Inderberg and Svein Vigeland Rottem, Globale og regionale følger av klimaendringer. Konsekvenser for Norge ('Global and Regional Ramifications of Climate Change. Consequenses for Norway'). FNI Report 12/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 76 p.

Samndong, Raymond Achu, ABS Capacity Development Initiative for Africa: The Case of Prunus Africana in Cameroon. FNI Report 11/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 28 p.

Skagestad, Odd Gunnar, The 'High North': An Elastic Concept in Norwegian Arctic Policy. FNI Report 10/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 22 p.

Auld, Graeme and Lars H. Gulbrandsen, 'Transparency in Nonstate Certification: Consequences for Accountability and Legitimacy'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 10, No 3, 2010, pp. 97-119.

Rosendal, G. Kristin, Access to and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources in Cameroon: Legal and Institutional Developments and Challenges. FNI Report 8/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 29 p.

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 Latest commentary articles

Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Olje- og gasskompromiss i nord?' ('Compromise on Oil and Gas in the North?'), Nordlys, 23.07.2010. In Norwegian.

Jensen, Leif Christian and Svein Vigeland Rottem, 'NATO i nord?' ('NATO in the North?'), Nordlys, 15.06.2010. In Norwegian.

Jensen, Øystein, 'Grensesprengende - og uklart' ('Pathbreaking - and Unclear'), Dagens Næringsliv, 30.04.2010. In Norwegian.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'En indre sirkel i Arktisk Råd?' ('An Inner Circle in the Arctic Council?'), Nordlys, 28.04.2010. In Norwegian.

Moe, Arild, 'Shtokman – fortsatt interessant' ('Shtokman – Still of Interest'), Nordlys, 29.03.2010. In Norwegian.

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 FNI is located at Polhøgda, outside Oslo, Norway. Polhøgda was the home of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), famous Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Nansen lived at Polhøgda from its completion in 1901 until his death in 1930. His grave is in the garden in front of the manor.


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Lars H. Gulbrandsen: Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and FisheriesFNI Book Examines the Impact of Certification Schemes on Environmental Governance
 (23.08.2010) A new book by FNI Senior Research Fellow Lars H. Gulbrandsen examines the effects of forestry and fisheries certification programs on environmental governance.  More >



Madagascar periwinkle (symbol for the ABS Research Project). Photo: Arria BelliGene rights: Latest developments in the ABS Negotiations and in the EPO
 (17.08.2010) An FNI seminar on gene rights today focused on the development of an international Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) regime for genetic resources, as well as on the latest developments on plant patenting in the European Patent Organisation (EPO).  More (in Norwegian) >



Photo: G. UlutuncokFNI Conducts Global Consultations on Farmers' Rights
 (07.07.2010) As part of its Farmers' Rights Project, FNI today starts a process of global consultations on how Farmers' Rights to genetic resources can be fully implemented.   More >


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 FNI in the media

'Inondations et canicule peuvent relancer le dialogue climatique' ('Floods and Heat Waves Can Restart Climate Dialogue'), L'Express, 17.08.2010. In French.

'Analysis: Extreme weather unlikely to help climate talks', Reuters, 17.08.2010.

'LNG på Shtokman forblir en drøm' ('Shtokman LNG Remains a Dream'), Dagens Næringsliv, 09.08.2010. In Norwegian.

'Skuffet over regjeringens patent-passivitet' ('Disappointed at the Government's Patent Passitivity'), Nationen, 02.07.2010, In Norwegian.

'Energiforsker: Tøffere for Russlands naboer' ('Energy Researcher: Tougher Times Ahead for Russia's Neighbours'), Research Council of Norway News, 23.06.2010. In Norwegian.

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Website last updated 1 September 2010