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 No "Armed Mad Dash for Resources" Foreseen in the
Arctic
 (17.12.2009) With climate change making the Arctic gradually more
accessible, some observers have suggested that interest in Arctic natural
resources and disputed marine borders could take on a military aspect. A new
FNI study refutes this view, finding that dispassionate diplomacy is a more
likely and rational way of dispute resolution than military confrontation.
More >
 New FNI Book on Maritime Delimitation Dispute in the
Adriatic
(01.09.2009) In a recently published book, FNI Senior Research
Fellow Davor Vidas explains the legal and policy aspects of the
Croatian-Slovenian maritime delimitation dispute. This dispute has been an
open, and increasingly acute, problem for the relations between the two
countries for the past 18 years. More
>
 Marine Biobanks and Aquaculture-related Patents
(19.08.2009) What
are the main legal questions related to marine biobanks, such as for instance
Marbank in Tromsø? This was the topic of an FNI seminar held yesterday,
where recent developments in patent rights related to aquaculture were also
discussed. More (in Norwegian)
>
 Russia and the North
(06.08.2009) A new book co-authored by FNI
researchers examines how Russia defines and addresses northern spaces,
opportunities and challenges within its own borders and internationally.
More >
 Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe
(23.07.2009) Do
corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies really lead to positive impacts
on society and the environment or is it just rhetoric? This is the topic of a
new book co-authored by FNI researchers, where focus is on the situation in
Europe. More >
 New
EU Policies on Renewable Energy: Opportunities and Problems for Norway and the
Nordic Countries?
(17.06.2009) Norway, as well as its Nordic neighbours,
will now have to implement the EU's new and ambitious package of climate and
energy directives. What will the consequences of these new policies be on the
development of renewable energy? This was the topic of an FNI seminar held
today. More (in Norwegian)
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 Workshop on Payment for Ecosystem Services
(PES)
(05.06.2009) FNI today organized a workshop to highlight the most
relevant experiences, preconditions and best practices regarding payment for
ecosystem services (PES), and to provide operative suggestions to the
Norwegian Government on Norwegian involvement in PES schemes that aim at
sustaining forest ecosystem services for climate change mitigation.
More >
 Side Event on Farmers' Rights at the 3rd Session of the Governing
Body of the Plant Treaty
(04.06.2009) Seed regulations around the world are
increasingly posing barriers to the conservation and sustainable use of plant
genetic resources for food and agriculture. This was one of the main
conclusions of a side event on Farmers' Rights held by FNI and partners on 2
June. More >
 Lars H. Gulbrandsen Obtains PhD Degree on
Environmental Certification in the Forestry and Fisheries Sectors
(01.04.2009) Lars
H. Gulbrandsen has today successfully defended his PhD dissertation on how
and to what extent voluntary certification schemes in the forestry and
fisheries sectors contribute to sustainable resource management. More >
 Svein Vigeland Rottem Obtains
PhD Degree on Norway's Changing Defence Policies
(20.03.2009)
Svein Vigeland Rottem has today succesfully defended his PhD dissertation where
he has analyzed the justifications of Norway's changing defence and security
policies in the period 1999-2006. More
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 Implementing Farmers' Rights to Crop Genetic Resources in
Norway
(30.01.2009) Decision-makers, farmers and other stakeholders, a
total of 60 participants, met at FNI on 28 January to discuss how farmers'
rights under FAO's International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture can be implemented in Norway. More (in Norwegian) >
 High North
Geopolitics and the Environment
(26.11.2008) Is the Arctic institutional
framewok suitable for dealing with climate change and other pressing
environmental challenges facing the High North? This is the main research
question in a new project launched today. More >
 20 Years of Norwegian-Russian Environmental
Cooperation
(24.11.2008) In their new book, FNI researchers Geir
Hønneland and Lars Rowe examine the first 20 years of cooperation within
the Joint Norwegian-Russian Environmental Commission. The authors find that the
Commission has achieved important environmental goals, and that it has had an
positive role for bilateral, political relations between the two countries in
general. More (in Norwegian)
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 FNI Seminar on the International Climate Change
Negotiations
(21.11.2008) Where are the international negotiations now? Can the
negotiations on new obligations be brought to a successful conclusion? Does
Norway have a role to play? These were the main questions discussed at
today's seminar on the international climate change negotiations. More (in Norwegian) >
 Norway's First Textbook on
International Environmental Politics
(23.10.2008) Norway's first textbook on
international environmental politics is launched this week, written by 11 FNI
researchers. More (in Norwegian)
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 New Book on International Regimes and the Management of Crop
Genetic Resources
(09.09.2008) Plant genetic diversity is crucial for food
security and for fighting poverty. Nevertheless, crop plant varieties are
disappearing fast, and access to genetic resources is increasingly restricted
by commercial interests. A new book analyzes how international agreements
affect the management of crop genetic resources in developing countries,
revealing that the interaction of the agreements has produced largely negative
impacts. The book highlights entry points to shape a better governance of
agrobiodiversity. More
>
 International Conference on Globalization and Challenges for
Oceans and Marine Regions in Oslo 21-23 August
(19.08.2008) Leading world experts on
marine affairs and the law of the sea from all continents will meet in Oslo
21-23 August to discuss new developments and challenges for contemporary
governance of the oceans caused by globalization. More >
 Resource Website on Farmers'
Rights Launched
(22.05.2008) FNI today launched "Farmers' Rights – Resource Pages for
Decision-Makers and Practicioners", a large, comprehensive website
presenting research results from FNI's Farmers' Rights Project, as well as
background information, relevant legislation, and many other resources for
decision-makers, practitioners, and others involved in the realization of
Farmers' Rights to crop genetic resources. Go to website >
 FNI 50 Years Today – But Celebrations Are
Later
(12.05.2008) On 12 May 1958, it was decided to create an independent
foundation to manage the Polhøgda property and to conduct research in
fields close to Fridtjof Nansen's heart. The foundation was named the
Fridtjof Nansen Foundation at Polhøgda, now better known as the
Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI).
"Since today is a holiday in Norway and as
Polhøgda this spring is a construction site, we will have our 50th
anniversary celebrations in August, with various scientific and social events,"
says FNI Director Peter Johan Schei. More
(in Norwegian) >
 Understanding the Fascinating
Development of the EU ETS
(13.03.2008) A new FNI book digs deep to find out why
the EU changed its position from leading skeptic to leading proponent of
greenhouse gas emissions trading, how it managed so rapidly to establish the
world's first international emissions trading scheme (ETS), and what its
consequences so far are. More
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 New Book on
Norway's High North Politics
(18.12.2007) FNI researchers Geir Hønneland and
Leif Christian Jensen today publish an introductury book on Norway's new High
North politics. The book gives an analytical and structured overview of the
processes which, in only a few years, have taken the High North to the top of
Norway's foreign policy agenda. More (in
Norwegian) >
FNI Research Helps Put Farmers' Rights on the Agenda
(19.11.2007) On 1
November the Governing Body (GB) of the International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) decided to collect
views and experiences on Farmers' Rights implementation, with the view to
promote their realization. FNI research provided much of the basis for and
input to the process that led to the decision. More >
 FNI Evaluates Norwegian-Russian Environmental
Cooperation
(12.11.2007) The economic and political conditions for cooperation
with Russia have changed drastically since the beginning of the 1990s. In FNI's
evaluation of Norwegian-Russian environmental cooperation 1995-2006, it is
argued that the changes in Russia should be better reflected in the choice of
cooperation forms and projects. More (in
Norwegian) >
 FNI seminar
looks at status and future of the international climate regime
(08.11.2007) In
preparation for the upcoming international climate negotiations on Bali, FNI
today organized a seminar to discuss the status and future of the negotiations,
and in particular what Norway's role may be. More (in Norwegian) >
 Protecting the Adriatic
Sea
(26.10.2007) A new book by FNI Senior Research Fellow Davor Vidas
takes a comprehensive look at the key legal issues facing Croatia in the
Adriatic Sea. More
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 Utilization of Genetic Resources: Exploring the Legal Base of
Benefit-sharing on the User Side of ABS
(18.10.2007) Ensuring access to
genetic resources while securing a fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from their utilization is a key obligation under the Convention on
Biological Diversity. A new book co-authored by FNI Senior Research Fellow
Morten Walløe Tvedt makes the first ever comprehensive analysis of
user-country legislation on benefit-sharing. More >
 "Gore’s Climate Efforts Unique"
(12.10.2007)"There have hardly been any single person more
instrumental in getting the climate issue on the US and international agenda,"
comments FNI Senior Research Fellow Steinar Andresen, following today’s
award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former US Vice President Al Gore. Read
Andresen’s commentary in Dagbladet (in Norwegian)
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 Improving Environmental Management in Armenia
(26.09.2007) In
cooperation with Armenian authorities and organizations, FNI on 18-21 September
organized a seminar on international environmental obligations, domestic
implementation and public participation in Armenia. It was the second seminar
FNI co-hosted with the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection. More
>
 BP Addresses Macro-level CSR Challenges in Azerbaijan
(20.06.2007) In
Azerbaijan, BP has managed to promote oil revenue transparency and runs
investment programmes for community and regional development that could provide
models for extractive industries around the world. These are some of the
conclusions of an independent study carried out by Fridtjof Nansen Institute
researchers. More >
 Should Norway
Join the European Patent Office (EPO)?
(10.05.2007) In an open parliamentary hearing,
FNI researchers Morten Walløe Tvedt and
Magnus Finckenhagen asked why the Norwegian Government wants membership in the
European Patent Office (EPO). They said the Government has not demonstrated why
this would be an advantage for Norway, nor has it sufficiently discussed
negative consequences. Read their
statement (in Norwegian) >
 Arctic Shipping: Transit Still Far off, but Legal Regime Needs
Strengthening
(13.04.2007) Shipping in the Arctic will increase rapidly due to
climate change, but large-scale transit operations are still far off. The
current legal regime for Arctic shipping is to some extent inadequate to
accommodate developments. These were the main conclusions from a seminar FNI
organized this week on the prospects for Arctic shipping. More >
 Regine Andersen Obtains Doctoral Degree on
Management of Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture
(23.02.2007)
Regine Andersen has today successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on
the effects of international regimes on the management of plant genetic
resources for food and agriculture in developing countries. More >
 FNI Publishes New Images of
Russia
(21.02.2007) Fagbokforlaget has published a new anthology on
the general political development in Russia, and on Norwegian-Russian relations
in the High North, focusing on fishery and jurisdiction in the Barents Sea,
energy, health and the environment. The anthology contains 25 commentary
articles, all in Norwegian, and all written by FNI researchers. More
(in Norwegian)>
  FNI Report Makes EU Headlines
(12.02.2007) Today's top story on DG
Research's 'European Research Headlines' was the recently published FNI Report
'CSR in the European Oil Sector. A Mapping of Company Perceptions',
written by Elin Lerum Boasson, Jørgen Wettestad and Maria Bohn.
Read
the article >
  'Old' FNI Books
Good as New
(06.02.2007) 2007 has seen new editions of two 'old' FNI books, one
on the polar marine environment and the other on Russia's political system.
More >
European Oil Companies: 'Climate Change is CSR Job No.
1'
(18.01.2007) A recently published survey of oil companies operating
in Europe finds their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies improving
and relatively advanced, with climate change mitigation now being seen by the
companies as the foremost strategic issue. More >
 FNI Book Evaluates
International Arctic Cooperation
(02.01.2007) A new book edited by FNI
researchers Olav Schram Stokke and Geir Hønneland and published by
Routledge, assesses the impact of international Arctic cooperation. More >
 FNI
Asked for Advice on East Asian Energy Efficiency Cooperation
(06.12.2006) In
2005, FNI was asked to contribute with its special competence on Chinese
environmental policies in an international project to investigate ways to
improve energy efficiency cooperation among East Asian nations. The project's
recommendations have now been published. More >
 Seminar Discusses EU Influence on
Norway's Energy Sector
(17.11.2006) On 16 November, FNI organized a seminar to
discuss how the Norwegian energy sector is influenced by EU energy and climate
policies. Speakers included representatives from the European Commission,
Norwegian regulators and the industry itself. Results of relevant FNI research
were also presented. More
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 30 Years of Successful
Norwegian-Russian Fishery Management
(30.10.2006) FNI Research Director Geir
Hønneland has written the 30-year history of the the Joint
Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission. The book is launched at the
Commission's meeting in Tromsø today. "The Commission has been largely
succesful in managing the Barents Sea stocks," Hønneland says.
More (in Norwegian)>
Increasing Armenian Awareness of International
Environmental Obligations
(02.10.2006) In cooperation with Armenian authorities
and organizations, FNI on 25-29 September organized what was the first seminar
in Armenia ever to systematically address the country's implementation of
international environmental treaties. More
>
 FNI
Hosts Seminar om Norwegian Environmental Policies for Asia
(11.09.2006) On
behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FNI will on 20 September
host an open seminar to discuss environmental problems and environmental
management in Asia, and possible Norwegian contributions to improving these.
Download program here (in
Norwegian)>
 FNI Organizes
Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights to Genetic Resources
(12.07.2006) On
16 August, FNI will organize an open seminar (in Norwegian) to discuss recent
developments regarding intellectual property rights to genetic resources. The
seminar will discuss the legal framework for patenting genes and also look
closer at three concrete topics: marine genetic resources, agricultural genetic
resources and Antarctic bioprospecting.
Download programme (PDF,
in Norwegian) >
 FNI Launches Major Project on Adriatic Sea Issues
(30.06.2006) FNI
today launched a four-year project on the changing legal and policy framework
for marine environment protection and resource management in the Adriatic Sea.
The project is a collaboration between FNI and leading academic and research
institutions in Croatia. More
>
 Farmers as
Custodians of Plant Genetic Resources: Need for Legal Space
(23.06.2006)
Farmers are the custodians of agrobiodiversity worldwide, crucial for food
security and poverty alleviation. However, the legal space for farmers to
maintain this role is rapidly decreasing due to the proliferation of various
forms of rules and regulations. This is documented in the FNI-led Farmers'
Rights Project. Project results were presented during a recent FAO meeting, and
may have contributed to a small breakthrough in the work towards realisation of
Farmers' Rights. More >
FNI Organizes Side Event on Farmers' Rights at FAO
meeting
(07.06.2006) At the first session of the Governing Body of FAO's
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(ITPGRFA) in Madrid 12-16 June, FNI is to organize an official side event on
farmers' rights related to agro-biodiversity. More >
 FNI Publishes Textbook
on Contemporary Russian Politics
(30.05.2006) Fagbokforlaget today
publishes a textbook in Norwegian on contemporary Russian politics, written by
FNI researchers Geir Hønneland and Jørgen H. Jørgensen.
The book surveys the political system and bureaucratic apparatus of the Russian
Federation, focusing on the similarities and differences between Norway and
Russia: For example, has the government in Russia the same political influence
as that in Norway? Is a Russian 'governor' the same as county governor in
Norway? More (in Norwegian)
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 FNI
Annual Report 2005 Published
(12.05.2006) For FNI, 2005 was characterized by a strong
increase in academic output. 25 articles were published in peer-reviewed
journals, more than one for every research staff member. More>
 FNI to Map Challenges for the Norwegian Coast Guard
(02.05.2006) The
Norwegian Ministry of Defence has decided to support a proposed FNI project to
take stock of challenges facing the Norwegian Coast Guard in the North, in view
of recent developments in the Barents Sea. The study is mainly to focus on the
Coast Guard's future room for manoeuvre in the Svalbard Fishery Protection
Zone, the consequences for the Coast Guard of increased petroleum activities in
the Barents Sea, and the possibilities of extending collaboration with Russian
enforcement agencies in the Barents Sea. More (in
Norwegian)>
FNI
Explores International Policies to Control Illegal Logging
(07.04.2006) In a
report handed over today to the Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Helen
Bjørnøy, Fridtjof Nansen Institute researcher Lars H. Gulbrandsen
explores international initiatives and options for Norway on combating illegal
and unsustainable logging of timber.
More>
 The Barents
Sea Integrated Management Plan and FNI Research
(31.03.2006)
Today, the Norwegian Government presented its proposal for an integrated
management plan for the Barents Sea. In connection with the presentation of the
integrated management plan, FNI has made a collection of some of its recent,
relevant publications. More (in
Norwegian)>
 FNI
Director to Chair International Avian Influenza Seminar
(07.03.2006) The
secretariat of UNEP's Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) announced on 2
March that the Fridtjof Nansen Institute's Director, Peter Johan Schei, has
agreed to become a CMS goodwill ambassador. Mr. Schei will also chair an
international seminar on the avian influenza organized by UNEP in April.
More>
 New Book Sees Russia
Abandoning its Conquest of the North Ideology
(09.12.2005)
A recently published book co-edited by FNI and NUPI finds a normalization of
federal Russian policies towards its Northern regions, where northern policies
are no longer treated as a separate political category, but are included in the
briefs of the different sectors of state governance. More>
 FNI Receives Award for Marine Environment Protection in Croatia
(06.12.2005) The Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport
and Development today presented to the Fridtjof Nansen Institute its annual
Croatian Marine Environment Protection Award, in recognition of the Institute's
contribution to the improvement of marine environmental protection in Croatia
and the Adriatic Sea. More>
 Barents Sea Resource Management Cooperation
Seminar
(23.11.2005) On 22 November the Fridtjof Nansen Institute held a
very well visited seminar to discuss resource management cooperation in the
Barents Sea, using the recent Elektron incident as its point of
departure. The main focus was on Norwegian-Russian fishery management
cooperation, including discussions on how the potentially large petroleum
resources in contested areas influence fishery cooperation and the various
countries' positions on jurisdictional questions. More> |
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