Important issues
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Issues of importance for ecosystem management
Summary and concluding remarks about ecosystem based management (Introduction)
Summary of themes relevant for ecosystem based management
As mentioned in the introduction to this chapter, the themes that are discussed as relevant for the development of ecosystem based management can be of three different types:
- Instances where impact of human activities on the ecosystem has been demonstrated or is likely
- Instances where there is a risk for such impact from future activities
- Instances where there is no significant impact in the ecosyste...
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Read more...Themes related to demonstrated or likely impact
The following themes can be listed under this category:
- Ocean acidification (chapter Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Pollution )
- Mixed fisheries, undersized fish, discard, bycatches and IUU fishing (chapter Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Fisheries )
- Impact of bottom trawling on benthos (chapter Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Fisheries )
- Imp...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:35 )
Read more...Themes related to risk of impact in the future
These themes can be listed here:
- Risk of accidental discharges from oil and gas activities and ship transport (chapters Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Oil and gas activities and Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Maritime transport )
- Risk of introduction of alien species from ship traffic (chapter Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Maritime tra...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:39 )
Read more...Themes related to deviation from goals, even without impact
The following themes can be classified in this category:
- Long range transboundary pollution (chapter Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Pollution)
- Risk of radioactive pollution (chapter Issues of importance for ecosystem based management - Pollution)
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:42 )
Read more...Interaction between themes and concluding remarks
It can easily be seen that themes discussed above may interact with each other. For example, if ocean acidification causes deteriorations of the food base of fish stocks, this can worsen the effect that any overfishing may have on these stocks. Similarly, if both acidification and bottom trawling affect benthic communities, their effects may add on or even amplify each other. A number of other int...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:43 )
Read more...About BarentsPortal
The BarnetsPortal is a combined web site. It consist of two main elements; presentation of the Joint Norwegian-Russian environmental status report and the Map service. The Report will be updated at regular intervals - initially started with data from 2008. The Map service will continually publish environmental theme data as they become available. Read more...
Status Report. The authors
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 BarentsPortal is a project implemented under the Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission on Environmental Protection. The Portal is a joint Norwegian - Russian instrument designed for the mutual exchange and presentation of information and environmental data relevant to the management of the Barents Sea. It is intended to serve as the future tool for updating of the recently published Norwegian - Russian environmental status report (published here), and for further cooperation on ecosystem-based management of the Barents Sea.Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Natural Resourses of the Russian Federation
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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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