The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources conducts research into Arctic ecosystems, monitors the living resources and the environment in Greenland and advises the Government of Greenland and other authorities on sustainable exploitation of living resources and safeguarding the environment and biodiversity.
The Institute has three departments: Department of Fish and Shellfish, Department of Birds and Mammals, and Department of Environment and Mineral Resources. Furthermore, a cross-disciplinary Danish/Greenlandic climate centre: The Greenland Climate Research Centre.
The climate research centre is embedded in the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, and conducts research into effects of climate change on the Arctic environment and Greenlandic society.
According to the Law of Greenland Parliament nr. 6 8th of June 1994 about the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR), the institute is obliged to:
The 2.000 m2 large main building was inaugurated in 1998 and contains the facilities necessary for the Institute´s activities: offices, laboratories, deep-freeze rooms, storage rooms, lconference and meeting rooms.
Pinngortitaleriffik, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, is situated in Nuuk in a building beautifully placed between the airport and the suburb Nuussuaq. Photo: C. Egevang.
GINR has a field station in Niaqornat. Photo: E. W. Born.
Pinngortitaleriffik 3900 Nuuk Greenland
+299 36 12 00
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