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| Subject: | GISList: Press Release: Interactive Arctic Environmental Atlas facelift |
| Date: |
08/23/2002 09:00:02 AM |
| From: |
Hugo Ahlenius |
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal News Release
Arendal, August 23th 2002
For immediate release
Interactive Arctic Environmental Atlas facelift
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The Arctic Environmental Atlas has presented environmental information on
the Arctic region in an interactive map on the Internet since December 2000.
The map has been updated with a new interface, more extensive data themes
and new features. It is accessible at:
http://maps.grida.no/arctic
New in this revision are an interface for desktop software to access the
map, updated data on the human impact on the Arctic, access to a database on
national parks, and much more.
The themes in this map primarily concentrate on issues like biodiversity and
conservation -- where the Arctic has a special status, with vast expanses of
still untouched nature, important fish stocks and large seabird colonies.
Other environmental problems that the map touches upon are ecological
footprint, land based pollution and climate change.
The major sources used are some of the best global publicly available
collections of data and maps, that have been collected and projected to show
a polar view, and implemented in this interactive map service. The Arctic
Environmental Atlas also draws from work that UNEP/GRID-Arendal has done for
various Arctic projects over the years, in everything from conservation to
pollution monitoring.
Data and themes are from collaboration with partners, organizations and
institutions such as UNEP.Net, UNEP-WCMC, WWF, GLOBIO, AMAP, CAFF and ESRI.
The website was developed by UNEP/GRID-Arendal in Norway, a United Nations
Environment Programme information centre.
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For more information, please contact:
Hugo Ahlenius, tel. +467-8-7410451, email ahlenius@grida.no,
or
Thor Larsen, tel. +47-37035650, email larsen@grida.no
http://maps.grida.no/arctic/
http://www.unep.net/arctic
http://www.grida.no/
The Arctic Environmental Atlas GRID-Arendal web site
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