Norwegian bog research in the past and future
Program
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Meeting Chair: Per Harald Grue
- The establishment of the Norwegian Marsh Society and the New Earth Society; background and purpose.
What is the Fund for Soil and Peat Research?
by Chairman Jon Ola Syrstad - The digitization of Messages from the Norwegian Marsh Society and the Journal of the Norwegian Soil and Marsh Society, and the opportunities this provides for using this material.
by Jan Henrik Martinsen, Friends of the Science Park - What topics are emphasized in the Announcements and Annual Reports?
Summary statistics from different periods.
by Jan Henrik Martinsen, Friends of the Science Park - The establishment of the Norwegian Marsh Society in several different historical contexts.
by professor and historian Brynjulf Gjerdåker - Pause
- The film: "Våler peat farm museum; Peat production and use of peat".
- Challenges related to the use of bogs and peat today.
by special advisor Arne Bardalen, NIBIO - Digging of bogs as a method of cultivation and drainage; impact on agronomy and greenhouse gas emissions.
by researcher and station manager Samson Øpstad, NIBIO - Environmentally friendly soil mixtures – is the use of peat still part of the solution? by senior researcher Trond Knapp Haraldsen, NIBIO
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Organizers: The Foundation for Soil and Marsh Studies, Friends of the Science Park, NIBIO and Vitenparken
Photo: Ragnar Våga Pedersen