Environment  Norway Backs Global Energy Efficiency 28/06/2007 :: Energy efficient buildings in China, environmental street lighting in India and solar cell panels in Brazil. These are all projects embraced by Norway through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). + More |
Environment  Brundtland to be UN Special Envoy for Climate Change 03/05/2007 :: Twenty years after launching Our Common Future, Norway’s former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland has been appointed a UN Special Envoy for Climate Change. + More |
Environment  Seeds of the world to be conserved on Svalbard 19/06/2006 :: The Norwegian government will build a global vault for seeds on Svalbard. Seeds from the entire world will be put into frozen storage in the vault so that crop diversity can be conserved for the future, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg marked the start of the building process on 19 June. + More |
Sealing Norwegian sealing Sealing is one of the traditional means of livelihood for people in the countries around the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic. The Norwegian seal hunt is based mainly on harp seals and hooded seals. Stocks of both species are growing, ... + More |
Whaling Norwegian minke whaling Whaling and sealing have since earliest times formed an important part of the economic basis for settlement along the Norwegian coast. Research, regulation, and controls today make Norwegian whaling a very environmentally-sound means of ... + More |
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