Norway Internet Links

Government

Miljøverndepartementet / Ministry of the Environment
http://odin.dep.no/md/
Founded in 1972, the Ministry "has a special responsibility for promoting the Government´s environmental policy for ecologically sustainable development."

Statistics Norway
http://www.ssb.no/

Directorate for Nature Management
http://english.dirnat.no/
The Directorate is a national body that has the scientific responsibility for managing the Norwegian countryside and is responsible to the Ministry of Environment on matters concerning nature management.

Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
http://www.sft.no/english/
The NPCA is a directorate under the Ministry of the Environment, whose primary goal is to promote sustainable development.

Miljøstatus Norge / State of the Environment Norway
http://mistin.dep.no/

Riksantikvaren - Direktoratet for kulturminnforvaltning (RA) / Directorate for Cultural Heritage
http://www.riksantikvaren.no/english/
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage is responsible for the practical implementation of the objectives laid down by the Storting and the Ministry of the Environment. The Directorate's task is to facilitate sound and efficient management throughout the country and to ensure that monuments and sites everywhere are given equitable treatment as far as possible.

State of the Environment Norway
http://www.environment.no/
State of the Environment Norway 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. 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.

Other

Norway's World Wide Web Sites http://drift.uninett.no/kart/norgeskartet/

State of the Environment Norway 1997 Report
http://www.grida.no/soeno97/
The Global Resource Information Database in Arendal, Norway, is responsible for the development of this report.

State of the Environment for Norway 1998 Report http://www.grida.no/soeno98/

CICERO / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo
http://www.cicero.uio.no/index_e.asp
CICERO was founded by the Norwegian government in 1990 as an independent research center associated with the University of Oslo. CICERO's mandate is to both conduct research and provide information about issues of climate change.

Norwegian Environmental Assistance
http://environment.norad.no/
Seven centers for environmental assistance have been established to provide expertise on environmental issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), and contribute to institutional co-operation with partner countries in the environmental field. This site introduces the kind of assistance provided by the centres, outlines descriptions of their projects, and offers guidance on how to find more information.