Interactive Arctic Environmental Atlas facelift
The revised atlas can be found at:
http://maps.grida.no/arctic
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:
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.
For more information, please contact:
Hugo Ahlenius
tel. +467-8-7410451
email ahlenius [at] grida.no
or
Thor Larsen
tel. +47-37035650
email larsen [at] grida.no
http://maps.grida.no/arctic/
http://www.unep.net/arctic
http://www.grida.no/
The Arctic Environmental Atlas GRID-Arendal web site