The state
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Current and expected state of the ecosystem
Other human impact. Tourism
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 12:05 )
Read more...Maritime transport. Expected development (during the next 5 years)
Future shipping activities depend considerably on the expansion rate of the oil-and-gas related industry in the northern areas, which in turn depends on both regional and global economic developments. Global warming and a subsequent increase of ice-free shipping routes through Arctic waters could also significantly contribute to increase shipping traffic.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 12:02 )
Read more...Maritime transport. Introduction of alien species, through fouling of the hull or discharge of ballast water
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 12:00 )
Read more...Maritime transport. Impacts from emissions to air
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:59 )
Read more...Maritime transport. Impact from operational discharge (oil, contaminated water, ballast water)
As described in chapter General background description of the ecosystem - Ecosystem interactions - Human impact, no major impacts have been registered from operational discharges of oil and chemicals from anti fouling systems from ship transport.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:56 )
Read more...Oil and gas activities. Expected situation in the near future (5 years)
It is expected that two new wells will be drilled in the Norwegian and Russian sectors of the Barents Sea in 2009.
For the period up to 2010, Russian authorities plan to award 20 prospective areas in the Barents and Pechora seas. There are distributed over six tenders who are located in the areas with the proven deposits of hydrocarbons.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:55 )
Read more...Oil and gas activities. Emission to air
Offshore oil and gas production will contribute to emission to air of CO2, NOx, non-methan volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), methane, and SO2. Emission to air from petroleum production occurs from energy production, flaring of gas from well testing and from venting (release of unburned gas from pipes and valves in the processes during normal operations or safety reasons). Flaring of associated ...
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Read more...Oil and gas activities. Physical disturbance of the sea bed- habitat reduction
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:48 )
Oil and gas activities. Accidental discharges
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:43 )
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
The Russian - Norwegian cooperation
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
Latest
- Decreasing levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic
- Surface sediment distribution in the Barents Sea
- Summary and concluding remarks about ecosystem based management (Introduction)
- Maritime transport (Introduction)
- Oil and gas activities. Physical disturbance of the sea bed- habitat reduction
- Ecosystem interaction (Introduction)
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General description of the Barents Sea ecosystem
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Current status of the ecosystem
Aspects of future change
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Issues relevant for ecosystem management
The following themes are highlighted as examples of issues that are relevant for developme...
