Maps and graphics for Barents region


Reindeer herding - vegetation impacts (Norway and Finland)

A very high-resolution false color Ikonos-2 satellite image of Jauristunturit in the border zone shared by Norway and Finland. Image acquired 28 June 2001. The main vegetation type is lichen dominated [..]
Reindeer herding - vegetation impacts (Norway and Finland)

Barents Region, topography and bathymetry

The Barents Region is in the Arctic and covers the area of Western Russia and the northern areas of Finland, Sweden and Norway. The Barents Sea has anaverage depth 230 m, bordered by the shelf edge [..]
Barents Region, topography and bathymetry

Human impact: Barents region 2032 (security first scenario)

The greater region around the Barents Sea, with parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia, represents one of the most populated areas of the Arctic. The development of roads and other infrastructure [..]
Human impact: Barents region 2032 (security first scenario)

Human impact: Barents region 2032 (markets first scenario)

The greater region around the Barents Sea, with parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia, represents one of the most populated areas of the Arctic. The development of roads and other infrastructure [..]
Human impact: Barents region 2032 (markets first scenario)

Human impact: Barents region 2002

The greater region around the Barents Sea, with parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia, represents one of the most populated areas of the Arctic. The development of roads and other infrastructure [..]
Human impact: Barents region 2002

Human impact: Barents region 2032 (policy first scenario)

The greater region around the Barents Sea, with parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia, represents one of the most populated areas of the Arctic. The development of roads and other infrastructure [..]
Human impact: Barents region 2032 (policy first scenario)

Protected areas in the Barents ecoregion

The Barents Sea ecoregion - the part of the World Ocean north of the Nordic countries and Northwest Russia, has a unique environment with major sea bird colonies, rich benthic and plankton fauna and [..]
Protected areas in the Barents ecoregion

Barents Sea ecoregion conservation priority areas and oil and gas infrastructure

The Barents Sea ecoregion - the part of the World Ocean north of the Nordic countries and Northwest Russia, has a unique environment with major sea bird colonies, rich benthic and plankton fauna and [..]
Barents Sea ecoregion conservation priority areas and oil and gas infrastructure

Extraction activities and disputed areas in the Barents Sea

Norway and the Russian federation are currently disagreeing on the exact definition of their respective zones in the Barents Sea. The cause of the dispute is based on the special status that Svalbard [..]
Extraction activities and disputed areas in the Barents Sea

Nenets Autonomous Okrug sites

Map, illustrating the communites, cities and sites from where the stories for the 'Indigenous Knowledge in Disaster Management' project has been collected and are refered to in the stories. Please see [..]
Nenets Autonomous Okrug sites

Trends in the ice-breaking date in the Tornio river, Finland

The icebreaking date for the Tornio River in Finland has been recorded since 1693. With the increased greenhouse effect, impacts on the cryosphere are likely. One impact will be less ice on rivers and [..]
Trends in the ice-breaking date in the Tornio river, Finland

Impact of human activities on reindeer habitat - Barents region

The impact of infrastructure development on reindeer potentially threatens the cultural traditions of the Barents region indigenous people and their chosen way of life. The probability of impact on [..]
Impact of human activities on reindeer habitat - Barents region

Human impact: Barents region 2032 (sustainability first scenario)

The greater region around the Barents Sea, with parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia, represents one of the most populated areas of the Arctic. The development of roads and other infrastructure [..]
Human impact: Barents region 2032 (sustainability first scenario)

Ecosystems in Northwest Russia

The map shows the range of fourteen different ecosystem types across Russia. The Barents region is in the Arctic and covers the area of Western Russia and the northern areas of Finland, Sweden and [..]
Ecosystems in Northwest Russia

Environmental threats in the Barents Region

The Barents region is in the Arctic and covers the area of Western Russia and the northern areas of Finland, Sweden and Norway. This map indicates the political boundaries and economic areas in the [..]
Environmental threats in the Barents Region
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