Formas, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, the
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Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, is a governmental research-funding agency related to the Ministry of the Environment.
Formas encourages and supports scientifically significant research related to sustainable development. In particular this means support in the areas of the environment, agricultural sciences, including forestry, horticulture, veterinary medicine, food, fish and reindeer husbandry, and spatial planning, including building sciences and community systems. The projects supported cover a wide range of approaches from basic research to more applied efforts. Within the built environment also demonstration and experimental projects are supported.
allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.