The Academy’s portal paragraph:
“The task of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry is to promote agriculture and forestry and associated activities with the support of science and practical experience and in the interest of society.”
The Academy is an active forum for science and practical experience. The Academy is also an independent and critical review organisation, which for society’s benefit shall promote ecologically, ethically, aesthetically and socially sustainable and therefore financially viable use and care of the earth, forests, plants, animals, water and air. This also includes the provision of products and services for consumers as well as countryside issues.
The Academy shall highlight from all angles the importance of the green industries* for the development of the whole of society and for our procurement of safe products, and the balance between nature and people; it shall also emphasise the value of the green industries for recreation, living, rehabilitation, sport and leisure activities.
*) The green industries include forestry, agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, hunting, reindeer herding, urban green areas as well as fishing, water use and industries and services based on these. An important task for the green industries will be to increase the available volume of products from the land, animals, forest and water at the same time as minimising the environmental impact, guarding, recreating and creating nature reserves, creating new valuable experiences and new services, developing animal welfare, improving work environments, raising the quality of products and at the same time lowering the cost of production. These developments must progress in an environmentally friendly way, that is, they must meet the needs of today without jeopardising the ability of next generations to meet their own needs.
”Academy” is a name given to a seat of higher learning or a learned society. The Academy’s fellows come from research, practice and industry, but represent the Academy in their personal expertise.
The Swedish Royal Academies
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (1735)Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1739)Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (1753)Royal Academy of Music (1771)Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1771)Swedish Academy (1786)Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1796)Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (1813)Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1919)The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish folk culture (1932)
Perioden 1960–90 kännetecknas av innovation i samverkan mellan brukare, tillverkare och forskare, en nödvändig produktivitetsutveckling i skogsbruket.
Thomas Keller om markpackningens orsaker och konsekvenser med exempel på hur lång tid det kan ta för marken att återhämta sig.
Välkommen att tacka av akademisekreterare Peter Normark, som går i pension vid årsskiftet.
