Regional
initiatives
Regional cooperation on sustainable development is an
important state instrument. Many factors affecting developments in Norway are
influenced by non-domestic trends. Norway’s traditionally close cooperation
with our Nordic neighbours has been enlarged to include the EU, Russia and the
Baltic states as important partners.
Cooperation
includes restrictions on atmospheric and ocean pollution, waste handling,
management of ocean and energy resources, management of special species, and
land utilisation. Norway is also actively promoting increased transparency in public administration.
In addition to the Ministry of the Environment’s overview of international
environment conventions, there are a number of
other useful sites.
The
most important collaboration at the Nordic level in connection with WSSD has
been the development of a Regional Strategy for Sustainable Development, which
you can find (in English):
Regional
websites
EU online,
especially the EU's Rio+10/WSSD site
and the EU’s proposal for a
long-term strategy dovetailing policies for economically, socially and
ecologically sustainable development. The
strategy was passed at the EU summit in
Gothenburg.
The Nordic Council of Ministers
and Nordic Environmental Programme
(In Swedish)
State of the Environment Norway
Arctic Council
The Barents Programme, Svanhovd Environmental Centre
GRID
The North Sea Conference
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
OECD, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
Norwegian
websites
Directorate for Nature Management
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
State of the Environment Norway
Ministry of the
Environment
Ministry of
Environment, Local Agenda 21
The
Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Norwegian Polar Institute
