The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) is an environmental research organisation which researches, monitors, assesses[1] and studies freshwater,[2] coastal and marine environments[3] and environmental technology.[4]
In 2012 NIVA was in the news after its scientists developed a method of studying drug use in cities though analysis of sewage.[8][9][10]
Organisationedit
NIVA was founded in 1958 and in 2015 is a non-profit research foundation. Its board is appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, the Research Council of Norway and its employees. NIVA's Head Office is at the Oslo Innovation Centre in Oslo, with regional offices in Bergen, Grimstad and Hamar, as well as a large scale research facility in the Oslo Fjord. The organization is certified with ISO9001, and laboratory activities are accredited in accordance with ISO17025.
NIVA has about 200 employees. Two-thirds of these have educational backgrounds in water sciences and more than half work in research.
Subsidiariesedit
NIVA has several wholly and partly owned subsidiaries:
Akvaplan-niva AS is a research and consultancy firm in the fields of aquaculture, marine biology and freshwater biology.[11] The company offers services related to environmental contaminants, biology, oceanography, chemistry and geology. Akvaplan-niva was founded in 1984 and is located at the Fram Centre in Tromsø. The company is wholly owned by NIVA.
AquaBiota Water Research AB is NIVA's subsidiary in Sweden. The company uses geographical information systems (GIS) to analyse and model biological and oceanographic phenomena. Around half of AquaBiota's business involves basic research; the other half consists of projects for government agencies and industry in Sweden and internationally.
BallastTech-NIVA AS was one of the first companies in the world to establish a full-scale centre for land-based testing of equipment for the treatment of ballast water in accordance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The testing centre is located at NIVA's marine research station at Solbergstrand, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Oslo. BallastTech-NIVA AS is a wholly owned subsidiary of NIVA-tech AS.
NIVA Chile SA is owned 50% by NIVA and 50% by NIVA-tech AS. The organisation's primary focus is to provide advice about water-quality and -treatment to the Chilean aquaculture industry.
NIVA-tech AS works with commercial applications for NIVA's competence, services, products and technology.
NIVA China conducts research and development on environmental challenges in China.[12]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA is an environmental research organisation which researches monitors assesses 1 and studies freshwater 2 coastal and marine environments 3 and environmental technology 4 Contents 1 Services and research 2 Organisation 3 Subsidiaries 4 References 5 External linksServices and research editNIVA s areas of work include environmental contaminants 5 6 7 biodiversity and climate related issues NIVA s research reports can be accessed through BIBSYS and all reports from 1956 until 2015 are available for download Some of the more widely read articles are also made available by Sciencenordic com and forskning no articles in Norwegian only The institute has twelve sections led by research managers Aquaculture Biodiversity Innovation International projects and cooperation Chemicals Effects of climate change Laboratory services Environmental contaminants Environmental monitoring Environmental technology and Measures against pollution In 2012 NIVA was in the news after its scientists developed a method of studying drug use in cities though analysis of sewage 8 9 10 Organisation editNIVA was founded in 1958 and in 2015 is a non profit research foundation Its board is appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment the Research Council of Norway and its employees NIVA s Head Office is at the Oslo Innovation Centre in Oslo with regional offices in Bergen Grimstad and Hamar as well as a large scale research facility in the Oslo Fjord The organization is certified with ISO9001 and laboratory activities are accredited in accordance with ISO17025 NIVA has about 200 employees Two thirds of these have educational backgrounds in water sciences and more than half work in research Subsidiaries editNIVA has several wholly and partly owned subsidiaries Akvaplan niva AS is a research and consultancy firm in the fields of aquaculture marine biology and freshwater biology 11 The company offers services related to environmental contaminants biology oceanography chemistry and geology Akvaplan niva was founded in 1984 and is located at the Fram Centre in Tromso The company is wholly owned by NIVA AquaBiota Water Research AB is NIVA s subsidiary in Sweden The company uses geographical information systems GIS to analyse and model biological and oceanographic phenomena Around half of AquaBiota s business involves basic research the other half consists of projects for government agencies and industry in Sweden and internationally BallastTech NIVA AS was one of the first companies in the world to establish a full scale centre for land based testing of equipment for the treatment of ballast water in accordance with the International Maritime Organization IMO The testing centre is located at NIVA s marine research station at Solbergstrand 20 kilometres 12 mi from Oslo BallastTech NIVA AS is a wholly owned subsidiary of NIVA tech AS NIVA Chile SA is owned 50 by NIVA and 50 by NIVA tech AS The organisation s primary focus is to provide advice about water quality and treatment to the Chilean aquaculture industry NIVA tech AS works with commercial applications for NIVA s competence services products and technology NIVA China conducts research and development on environmental challenges in China 12 References edit Pesticides threaten shellfish industry Irish Examiner Water projects focus on rivers Inle Lake Myanmar Times By Pyae Thet Phyo 02 February 2014 P Aarne Vesilind Thomas D DiStefano 2006 Controlling Environmental Pollution An Introduction to the Technologies History and Ethics DEStech Publications Inc pp 372 ISBN 978 1 932078 39 8 OECD 20 February 2006 Innovation in Energy Technology Comparing National Innovation Systems at the Sectoral Level Comparing National Innovation Systems at the Sectoral Level OECD Publishing pp 203 ISBN 978 92 64 01408 4 Scrutiny for Norwegian fjord rock disposal by Jonathan Amos Science correspondent BBC News 23 February 2012 What Used Silicon Breast Implants Can Tell Us About Our Health RedOrbit October 7 2013 Issues in Environment Health and Pollution 2013 Edition ScholarlyEditions 1 May 2013 pp 965 ISBN 978 1 4901 0932 9 One of 100 Norwegians Use Cocaine The Nordic Page 27 September 2012 Whole cities can be drug tested at once now CBS News Joshua Norman June 18 2011 The dirty secrets in our sewage FT Magazine By Clive Cookson Behind Russia vs Greenpeace Furor Unreported Oil Pollution of the Arctic Inside Climate News https nivachina com External links editOfficial home page NIVA at BIBSYS Open Access Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norwegian 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