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State of the Environment - Norway 2004
Entry ID: SOE_NORWAY

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Summary

Abstract: State of the Environment Norway ("http://www.environment.no/" provides
the latest information about the state and development of the
environment. The service presents environmental topics in a simple and
easy-to-follow way and provides access to more detailed scientific
presentations. SOE Norway contains information about legislation and
international agreements, environmental targets, references and
relevant links. In addition the latest data sets can be download. All
information and all data in State of the Environment Norway have been
quality checked.

The Ministry of the Environment has assigned the production of State
of the Environment Norway to the environmental authorities. The
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority has the overall editorial
responsibility.

The content has been produced and quality checked by the respective
environmental agencies. The Directorate for Nature Management is
responsible for the topics on "biological diversity" and "outdoor
recreation", while the Directorate for Cultural Heritage is
responsible for the topic on "cultural heritage". The Norwegian Polar
Institute has prepared the topic about "polar regions", and the
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority is responsible for "water",
"hazardous chemicals", "climate and ozone", "noise", "air pollution",
"waste" and "international co-operation". The Norwegian Mapping
Authority has provided most of the maps.

GRID-Arendal has assisted in the development of State of the
Environment Norway. Statistics Norway, the Norwegian Institute for
Water Research, the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, the
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the Norwegian Institute
for Cultural Heritage Research have supplied the service with data.

Data includes:
Air polloution
- acid rain
- ground level ozone
- local air pollution

Biological Diversity
- animal and plant biodiversity
- nature and land use

Climate and Ozone
- ozone layer
- global mean temperature
- GHG emissions
- impacts

Cultural Heritage
- archaeological sites
- arcitectural heritage
- cultural environment
- world heritage

Hazardous Chemicals
- dangerous substances (over 3000 cataloged)
- endocrine disruption
- regulations

Noise Pollution

Outdoor Recreation

Polar Regions
- polar climate
- pollution
- wildlife
- Svalbard - geology, landscape, protected areas

Waste
- hazardous waste
- waste and recycling
- imports and exports

Water Pollution
- eutrophication
- hazardous chemicals in coastal waters
- ocean pollution
- petroleum activities

The SOE Norway data is available from "http://www.environment.no/"

Related URL

Link: GET DATA
Description: Access to SOE Norway data and information

Geographic Coverage

N: 80.0 S: 50.0 E: 30.0 W: 0.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Ministry of the Environment-Norway
Dataset Title: State of the Environment Norway
Dataset Release Date: 2004
Dataset Release Place: Oslo, Norway
Dataset Publisher: Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
Version: 2004
Online Resource: http://www.environment.no/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1966-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > SCANDINAVIA > NORWAY
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
CONTINENT > EUROPE
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
VERTICAL LOCATION > TROPOSPHERE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
INLAND WATERS
OCEANS
PLANNING CADASTRE

Keywords

ACID RAIN

BIODIVERSITY

CADMIUM

CFC

CLIMATE CHANGE

CO2

COASTAL AREAS

DIOXINS

ECOSYSTEMS

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

EUTROPHICATION

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

FROST DAMAGE

GLOBAL WARMING

HALONS

HEALTH EFFECTS

IPCC

Kyoto Protocol

LANDSCAPE CHANGES

MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

MERCURY

NORWAY

NOX

POLLUTANTS

SEA-ICE EXTENT

SO2

SOE

SULFUR DIOXIDE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

UNEP/GRID-ARENDAL

Data Center

State of the Environment, Norwegian Pollution Control Authority, Norway [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.environment.no/

Data Center Personnel

Name: INGUNN SELVIK
Phone: +47 22 57 34 00
Fax: +47 22 67 67 06
Email: mistin.redaksjonen at sft.no
Contact Address:
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
P.O. Box 8100 Dep.
City: Osto
Postal Code: NO-0032
Country: NORWAY

Distribution

Distribution_Media: online www

Personnel

GENE R. MAJOR
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2004-01-16
SERF Last Revision Date: 2013-02-04

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