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Oil and gas activities. Physical disturbance of the sea bed- habitat reduction

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Oil and gas activities. Physical disturbance of the sea bed- habitat reduction

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As described in chapter General background description of the ecosystem - Ecosystem interactions - Human impact, effects on bottom habitats from oil and gas activities are limited to the Snøhvit field and are small also within this field.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:48 )  

Status Report. The authors

Puffins in the Barents Sea. Photo NP 

More than 100 experts from a total of 9 Russian and 20 Norwegian institutions have participated in the preparation of the report, and the work has been organized in 13 expert groups. The work has been led by Sevmorgeo and PINRO on Russian side and on Norwegian side by the Institute of Marine Research and the Norwegian Polar Institute..

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The Russian - Norwegian cooperation

Waving kelp at the Norwegian coast. Photo IMR

BarentsPortal is a project developed under the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation. The joint environmental report is a co-operation project between the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation and the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission

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