The cattle production in the world has been questioned in Sweden due to its negative impacts on the environment. The use of imported soya bean meal as a protein feed for Swedish cattle results in the cutting of rainforest and an extensive use of pesticides in the countries were the soya beans are produced. As a consequence, the environmental impacts caused by cattle production increases. A production of protein feeds in Sweden would decrease the transportations and the cutting of rainforest. For organic beef producers the possibility to produce home-grown protein feeds is important since organic protein feeds can be difficult to obtain in another way.

The majority of all collie owners in Sweden are satisfied with their dog and choice of breed and may well consider having another one. This was found in a survey that collie owners who owned a collie between the years 1999-2009 had the opportunity to fill in from May to December 2010. In the questionnaire there were three questions included where the owners could answer whether they were satisfied or not with their dog. These questions were: * Do you think the temperament of your dog is well suited for your way of life and the goal you have with your dog? * Would you be willing to get another dog in the future? * If you were to get another dog, would you consider a rough collie? When the answer to these three questions were compared with the dogs behavior, as described in the other questions in the survey, it seemed that it was mainly the fearfulness of the dog that differed between owners who were satisfied with their dogs and those who were not.

SAMMANFATTNING Mitt examensarbete utgör ett led i Nordiska Genbankens (NGB) uppgift att skapa en nordisk s.k. ?core collection? av rabarber, Rheum rhabarbarum L. Samlingar finns även i våra nordiska grannländer Norge, Finland, Danmark och Island. I Sverige har ett insamlingsarbete av rabarber pågått under åren 2002 och 2003 för att komplettera en äldre samling.

AbstractThe genetic diversity in cultural plants is considered to be threatened due to global climate change and antropogenic influence. Unknowing of future conditions for cultivation, gene banks all over the world are now trying to build up costly safety nets of species and varieties that may become highly valuable owing to their specific traits and genetic heredity. Hence, in 2002 there was a national inventory, aimed at the Swedish public, asking for seeds believed to be lost. Among the resulting collected seeds were some accessions of garden bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. The objective of this particular study was to assemble a collection of unique varieties and discard possible duplicates.

Ett område där det i dagsläget sker en otrolig expansion är i den urbana miljöns utbredning. Den snabba utbyggnaden av städer, byar och urbana samhällen har gjort stora markytor täta för vatten. Tak, fasader och gator hindrar nederbörden från att tränga ned i marken och bildar istället så kallat dagvatten. Det är vatten som medför näringsämnen och föroreningar allteftersom det rinner ner i diverse vattendragen. Detta har gett upphov till problem i många länder och inte minst inom EU i form av övergödning av vattendrag, försurning m.m.

Ett område där det i dagsläget sker en otrolig expansion är i den urbana miljöns utbredning. Den snabba utbyggnaden av städer, byar och urbana samhällen har gjort stora markytor täta för vatten. Tak, fasader och gator hindrar nederbörden från att tränga ned i marken och bildar istället så kallat dagvatten. Det är vatten som medför näringsämnen och föroreningar allteftersom det rinner ner i diverse vattendragen. Detta har gett upphov till problem i många länder och inte minst inom EU i form av övergödning av vattendrag, försurning m.m.