PARTICIPANTS

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

NorBOL is directed by a group of scientists appointed by the member institutions:

• May Bente Brurberg, Bioforsk, Ås
• Steve Coulson, UNIS, Longyearbyen
• Geir Dahle, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen
• Torbjørn Ekrem, Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU, Trondheim
• Øystein Flagstad, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim
• Haakon Hansen, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo
• Anders Hobæk, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Bergen
• Kit Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø
• Jan T. Lifjeld (chair), Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
• Geir Mathiassen, Tromsø University Museum, Tromsø
• Bjørn Arne Rukke, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
• Halvor Solheim, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Ås
• Endre Willassen (Bjarte H. Jordal), Bergen Museum, University of Bergen

NorBOLs steering committee photographed outside Tøyen Manor during the first board meeting 14. April 2008. From left: Bjørn Arne Rukke, Torbjørn Ekrem, Haakon Hansen, Geir Mathiassen, Jan T. Lifjeld, Bjarte H. Jordal, Øystein Flagstad, Halvor Solheim, Geir Dahle.

Norwegian delegates at the iBOL-meeting in Guelph, Canada, 17-20. June 2007. From left: T. Ekrem, A. Hobæk, J.T. Lifjeld, Ø. Flagstad, W. Vader, E. Willassen, E. Stur.