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Dead fish and plastic pollution at beach
Plastic lunch seminar series with an interdisciplinary approach (15.05.2023)
The Plastics Network (UIB) has launched a plastic lunch seminar series to promote sharing of knowledge on plastics from different scientific perspectives.
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Learn about the scientific activity in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve! (09.05.2023)
On June 1st, UiB's UNESCO Group and Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is arranging the BIOSPHERE DAY in Knarvik, Nordhordland. UNESCO Group members will present current and previous scientific projects from the region, and share reuslts and insights. The event is open to the public.
View of Bryggen in Bergen
Interview with the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management (03.05.2023)
The Norwegian World Heritage Forum 2023 is being held in Bergen on May 3-5. In connection to this, UNESCO Chair Inger Måren was recently interviewed about her work with Biosphere Reserves. Dr. Måren will also be giving a talk on her experiences with research in, with and for UNESCO Biosphere Reserves at the World Forum on May 5.
Jarrod Cusens
Mapping the Connections (11.04.2023)
PhD candidate Jarrod Cusens, connected to the UNESCO Chair and CESAM, is defending his thesis "Mapping the Connections" on Monday April 24.
A group photo of the participants at the PRIMA Learning Stable Isotope Workshop
"PRIMA Learning" Stable Isotope Workshop in Cape Town in February 2023 (22.03.2023)
Group photo of the nine meeting participators in front of a light blue, wooden building with a lot of windows. Snow on the ground and on the house roof.
Partner Meeting in Hiiumaa (09.03.2023)
After dedicating most of the last six months of the project to conducting interviews, the CULTIVATE project partners finally met in person, this time on the Hiiumaa island in the West Estonian Archipelago – almost exactly a year since the first in-person meeting in Trebon in March 2022.
A group picture of the workshop participants
“PRIMA Learning” jellyfish workshop in Cape Town in February 2023 (23.02.2023)
Carl on board
Carl completes his Master degree (13.02.2023)
Carl was a visiting student at the HypOnFjordFish project from the Freie University, Berlin. He has been studying the effects of hypoxia on mesopelagic crustaceans
Karen with her supervisors and online examiner
Karen completes her Master degree (09.02.2023)
Karen has been studying the distribution and diet of two small sharks, the velvet belly and blackmouth catshark, in west Norwegian fjords.
SDG conference logo
Day Zero: Pathways to participatory research and knowledge co-production: notes from the ‘field’ (07.02.2023)
Join members of the UNESCO Chair Group and the Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) for a workshop on participatory research during Day Zero, February 8th 2023.
areal view of the amazin
Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon (03.02.2023)
A new review in Science reveals the quick and accumulating impacts of humans in the Amazon – and nature will likely not be able to keep up. This new paper developed by CESAM member Suzette Flantua reveals the magnitude of the drivers of deforestation and degradation in the Amazon and lists the transformative policy actions needed to safeguard the region and consequently global climate.
Øivind Andersen defending his thesis
Øivind completes his Master degree (01.02.2023)
Øivind has been studying the effect of the parasitic copepod Sarcotretes scopeli on its mesopelagic fish host.
Kunming-Montreal deal summary
Cheat sheet to the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework (25.01.2023)
In December 2022, two years after it was planned, 196 nations signed on to the historic Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF).
Cranes in an agricultural landscape
Identifying optimal land use strategies for rural communities (24.01.2023)
A new approach developed by the group of CESAM member Peter Manning uses a mixture of natural and social science methods to identify the land-use strategies that work best for the multiple stakeholder groups that use them.
Landscape
PhD position in plant ecology announced (18.01.2023)
Do you have a Master’s degree in Plant Ecology or similar, and are you interested in alpine ecology, climate change, alien species, and functional ecology? The Between the Fjords research group is hiring a PhD student for 3 year to work with us in the RangeX project.
landscape
New PhD position at Department of Government (05.01.2023)
We are hiring!
Ipbes at COP15
It’s a Deal! (05.01.2023)
On December 19th, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal. A landmark deal for conservation and management of nature and protection of biodiversity worldwide, this framework sets ambitious goals for how humanity should move forward to achieve the Convention of Biodiversity’s Vision “Living in Harmony... Read more
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The UNESCO Chair group contributes to COP15 discussions on the Convention on Biological Diversity (19.12.2022)
As the negotiations in Montreal draw to a close, headlines are announcing the big Targets agreed to by nearly 200 countries pledging to put a stop to biodiversity loss.

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