Like many other amphibians, the great crested newt has become less common during the past few decades. A thesis from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU describes what characterises the environments where the newt is still found. Warm ponds with species-rich vegetation, but without fishes and crustaceans, surrounded by deciduous trees and grassland, were found to be especially valuable. Read the article in Formas Web Journal: Sustainability »
The Minister for the Environment, Lena Ek, visited Formas on Wednesday the 7th of March. The purpose of the visit was to inform the relatively new Minister of Formas' activities, and to meet with Formas employees. The conversations focused on the needs for new knowledge, that is to say research needs. We also talked about how we can assure that research results will be useful in society.
- An exciting meeting, with an interested, informed and inquisitive minister comments Secretary General Anna Ledin the visit.
2012-01-16: Last year filmmaker Folke Rydén made his film Livsviktigt (Vital). The film demonstrated the importance of R&D and innovation and was funded by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, the Swedish Research Council Formas, the Swedish Research Council and VINNOVA. Rydén also produced some fascinating profiles of researchers in various fields. Some of these can be seen on the YouTube Channel of forskning.se »
2012-01-01: The Swedish Research Council for the Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas), the Swedish Research Council (VR) and the Swedish Research Council for Working Life and Social Science (FAS) announce on behalf of the Swedish Government that research funding is available for research projects and strong research environments with a focus on the indigenous Sámi people, Sámi-related activities, health, working and living conditions. Read the call for applications »
The 2012 international Planet Under Pressure conference will provide a comprehensive update of the pressure planet Earth is now under. The conference will discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. Read more about the conference »
The event will bring together 6,000 scientists, business leaders, government officials and international media to discuss the best of European science and to address all of the major global challenges, including Energy, Climate Change, Food and Health. Read more about the conference »
