State of the Environment - Norway 2004

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/"