Environment

Environmental monitoring and assessment (EMA) at SLU provides society with the knowledge and data necessary for achieving its environmental and sustainability goals.

Our twelve EMA programmes

SLU's environmental monitoring and assessment (EMA) meets society's need for decision support in twelve programmes. They are linked to Sweden's national environmental objectives, the global goals for sustainable development and other international environmental cooperation.

Paper, protocol from forest inventory. Photo.

Search for open environmental data

In SLU's environmental data catalogue, you can search and browse open data from our environmental monitoring and assessment. Click on the headings for more detailed descriptions and the possibility to download data.

News - environment

  • 2025-06-03

    Climate changes threatens Lake Mälaren's ecosystem

    Lake Mälaren’s environmental condition continues to concern researchers. The Focus on Mälaren 2024 report shows that the lake’s surface water temperature continues to increase, which makes it harder to combat eutrophication.
  • 2025-04-25

    Forage availability and local adaptation are keys to successful game management

    In areas previously dominated by moose and roe deer, there is now also fallow deer, red deer and wild boar. More species increases competition for food, which in the long run may increase browsing damage to pine...
  • 2025-03-26

    Red flag for food webs in the Bothnian Sea

    The Bothnian Sea is under pressure from fishing and rising phosphorus levels, harming the food web. This threatens the Baltic Sea’s resilience, water quality, fish stocks, and recreation. Healthy ecosystems are key to sustainability.
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