Publications
Our publications include more than traditional reports. They span formats such as StoryMaps, apps, photo essays and multimedia. Each one is designed to communicate complex environmental challenges in ways that are visual, engaging, and grounded in real-world impact.
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Living with snow leopards in a changing climate
Threats such as poaching, habitat loss and the impact of climate change make conserving the “ghost of the mountain” a challenge.
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Norwegian Blue Forests Network (NBFN) – Top Ten Trends from 2022
A competence network established by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, GRID-Arendal and the Institute of Marine Research
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Displaced by Plastics
Exploring solutions and alternatives to the sometimes problematic use and disposal of plastics with Sámi Indigenous Knowledge holders.
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Duvdojuvvon plastihkkii
Dát raporta vulggii beroštumis ahte ovttas Sámi Árbediehttiiguin dutkagoahtit vejolašvuođaid ja molssaeavttuid plastihkkageavaheapmái ja nuoskkideapmái, mii muhtumin lea váttisvuohtan. Miessemánus 2019`s mii galledeimmet gávcci Sámi Árbediehtti davvin Norggas ja ovtta Ruoŧas. Jurdda lei geavahit plastihka vuolggasadjin ságastallamii golaheami birra, ja guorahallat Árbevirolaš Máhtu ja ođđa fuomášumiid mat sáhttet boahtit plastihka sadjái ja veahkehit unnidit plastihkkageavaheami…
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soszeropol2030.eu
SOS-ZEROPOL2030: co-developing a zero-pollution framework to eliminate marine pollution in European seas by 2030, from source to sea.
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The African Marine Litter Outlook
The African Marine Litter Outlook provides an overview of marine litter from the African perspective.
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Microplastic pollution in the intertidal and subtidal sediments of Vava’u, Tonga
Plastic pollution research on a global scale intensified considerably in the current decade; however, research efforts in the South Pacific are still lagging. Here, we report on microplastic contamination of intertidal and subtidal sediments in the Vava’u archipelago, Tonga. While providing the first baseline data of its type in Tonga, the study also advances methods…
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University of Portsmouth: Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Seagrass in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Cabo Verde
On a global scale, seagrass plays a major role in terms of food security, shoreline protection, carbon sequestration, provision of livelihoods for coastal communities, and biodiversity enhancement by providing habitats for megafauna of special interest and endangered species such as dugongs, seahorses and sea turtles, among countless others.
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Stories of outmigration from Nepal: The complex and diverse, positive and negative
People have always been searching for better economic opportunities for themselves and their families. Historically migration has driven large economic and social shifts. Today climate change is exacerbating underlying social and economic drivers of migration in many places of the world. But does outmigration increase resilience to climate change? What happens to the society and…
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The dream of the clean car
BMW claims to source the lithium for batteries from a sustainable manufacturer. But NDR research debunks this statement.
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The snare of the Sumatran tiger trade
In Indonesia, conflicts between Sumatran tigers and humans occur every year. This protected animal has recently been seen appearing…
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Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of Vava’u, Tonga
Marine plastic pollution has been recognised as a global issue in the recent years, but research efforts in the Pacific are lagging.
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Crafting an effective treaty on plastic pollution: Emerging fault lines in the intergovernmental negotiations
This report examines the distinction between a bottom-up and a top-down approach to treaty-making.
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Sports for Nature: Setting a Baseline – Handbook
Sport is deeply dependent and connected to nature – without a healthy planet, there is no playing field for sports
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The Environmental Impact of the Ukraine Conflict: A Preliminary Review
The report presents a snapshot – but by no means a comprehensive picture – of the damage inflicted on Ukraine’s environment.
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A hidden harvest
This investigation is about how criminal trade thrives re-exporting sea cucumber via Colombo.
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Phase III Concept Note for further fundraising
Seagrasses are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. They not only provide shelter and food to an incredibly diverse community of animals, but also sequester approximately 10% of the carbon buried in ocean sediment annually. Still seagrass is one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.
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Keeping our mountains plastic waste free
This brief presents the scale of the problem and provides recommendations for relevant stakeholders to consider.
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Meadows of Knowledge – Putting West Africa on the Global Seagrass Map
Seagrass meadows are a coastal ecosystem with indisputable value for life below and above water. On a global scale, seagrass plays a major role in terms of food security, shoreline protection, carbon sequestration, provision of livelihoods for coastal communities, and biodiversity enhancement by providing habitats for megafauna of special interest and endangered species. Despite the…
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Pakistan’s pangolins need more than armour
This story investigates the issue of illegal wildlife trade which poses a serious threat to pangolin in Pakistan.
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Plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas
GRID-Arendal and the Basel Convention Secretariat have developed a series of information resources onPlastic Waste in Mountainous areas
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A Seat at the Table – The Role of the Informal Recycling Sector in Plastic Pollution Reduction, and Recommended Policy Changes
This policy paper provides a summary of our current understanding of the informal recycling sector; its social, economic, and environmental characteristics in national and international contexts; and the challenges the sector faces. It examines international and national efforts to recognise informal workers and involve them in formal frameworks and agreements that could be an inspiration…
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The Argentine Chaco: Initiatives to Save One of Latin America’s Most Threatened Ecosystems
Chaco is the Argentine province where the largest forest extension of what was once the Great Chaco Forest is still preserved.
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hactoend plastic pollution.org
HAC to End Plastic Pollution: Developing an international legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution by 2040 through a comprehensive li
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The Mercury Route
Why, despite being banned worldwide, is this mercury so readily available in Latin America?
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Partnering for Solutions – GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2021
GRID-Arendal’s Annual Report for 2021
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Current State of Microplastic Pollution Research Data: Trends in Availability and Sources of Open Data
A bibliographic analysis of data sharing practices in the environmental microplastics research community, highlighting the state of openness
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Standing stock and daily accumulation of beach litter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Beach litter accumulation studies are an important method to investigate litter flows to the marine environment. We detail a standing stock and daily accumulation study, conducted at two locations approximately 20 km north (uMhlanga) and south (Amanzimtoti) of the Port of Durban, South Africa. The materials collected were dominated in number by plastic, which constituted…
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Mountains ADAPT Solutions from the South Caucasus
This booklet is one of a two-part series that includes a booklet on East Africa, and is part of the larger Adaptation at Altitude project.