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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Umhvørvisstovan er stovnur undir Umhvørvismálaráðnum, og fevnir um virkisøkini umhvørvisvernd, umhvørvisgransking, náttúruvernd, orkumál og elveitingareftirlit, viðarlundir og frílendi, land- og sjókort, matrikul, tinglýsing og landsfólkayvirlit. Umhvørvisstovan hevur matrikul- og umhvørvisfyrisiting, umsitir land- og sjókort, veitir tænastur og granskar innan virki stovnsins.
The Faroese Environment Agency is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Environment. Its work areas include Environmental Protection, Nature conservation, Land (Faroese Cadastre), Maps and Geodata, Research, Recreational areas, the Land Registration Act and the National Register. The Environment Agency is an active force in the community and employs various specialists within its areas of responsibility.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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EcoFar: Changes in Faroese Fjord Ecosystems over the past Century
Hoydal, K. (PI), Weihe Reinert, H. (PI), Djurhuus, A. (PI), Bogadóttir, R. (PI), Ofstad, L. H. (PI), Andreasen, B. (PI), Vang, Á. (PI), Højgaard, Ó. M. (CoPI), Hansen, M. G. (CoPI), Jensen, K. H. (CoPI), Nónklett, T. P. (CoPI) & í Homrum, E. (CoPI)
1/09/25 → 31/07/27
Project: Research
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Cary 630 FTIR Instrument
Hoydal, K. (CoPI), Weihe Reinert, H. (CoPI) & Hammer, S. (CoPI)
1/09/24 → …
Project: Research
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Large declines in organofluorine contamination indicated by subarctic marine mammal tissues
Sun, J. M., Kim, E., Pickard, H., Mikkelsen, B., Hoydal, K., Weihe Reinert, H., Thackray, C. P. & Sunderland, E. M., 26 Jan 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 5, p. 1-8 8 p., e2524513123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quasigeoid Computation in the Nordic and Baltic Region
Teitsson, H., Forsberg, R., Strykowski, G. & Jensen, T. E., 12 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Geodetic Science. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Útlát av vakstrarhúsgassi 1990-2024
Translated title of the contribution :Greenhouse gas emission 1990-2023 Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Activities
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Hugleiðingar um matspill og matoyðsl í Føroyum, og vitanartørvin á økinum
Olsen, E. S. (Speaker) & í Gerðinum, J. I. (Speaker)
12 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Veðurlagsdagur 2026
Hansen, M. G. (Participant)
23 Apr 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Tilmæli um hækkandi vatnstøðu
Teitsson, H. (Speaker)
23 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Gaïni & - ein sending um gransking
Gaïni, S. M., Djurhuus, A., Tróndheim, H. M., Helgadóttir Davidsen, A., Kristiansen, M. F., Volckmar, N., Johansen, I. A. S., Eriksen, T. H., Hammer, S. & Petersen, M. S.
2/11/22 → 3/08/23
9 Media contributions
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Student theses
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Bioconjugated Quantum Dots for Imaging the NFκB Inflammatory Pathway in Cancer
Weihe Reinert, H. (Author), Hamoudi, R. (Supervisor) & Nomikou, N. (Supervisor), 2014Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Geoid Determination for Precise Satellite Height Measurements
Teitsson, H. (Author), Forsberg, R. (Supervisor), Jensen, T. E. (Supervisor) & Strykowski, G. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Levels and endocrine disruptive effects of legacy POPs and their metabolites in long-finned pilot whales of the Faroe Islands
Hoydal, K. (Author), Jenssen, B. M. (Supervisor), Arukwe, A. (Supervisor), Borrell, A. (Supervisor) & Styrishave, B. (Supervisor), 13 Oct 2017Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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