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In Copenhagen 36 per cent of the city's inhabitants
cycle to work, using a network of more than 330
kilometres of cycle tracks and travelling at an average
speed of 15 kph.
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Climate warming means that lowland lakes typically are experiencing longer ice-free periods, promoting greater biological productivity. However, despite this warming trend, biological productivity may [..]
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The plant is designed to restrict waste movement and environmental damage. Strict safety regulations govern storage of hazardous waste (chemicals, asbestos, varnish, oil, etc.). Such waste is not [..]
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At the entrance to the plant, which covers more than 15 hectares, a sign announces:“Compost, bark and wood shavings for sale”. Other waste is separated, packed and redirected
to logistics centres [..]
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Depending on the definition of the boundaries of the region, the Arctic is home to some 4 million inhabitants. Roughly one-third of this total population is indigenous peoples, spread over numerous [..]
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Analysis of the suggested development of impact on ecosystems through human activities. The GLOBIO-2 model uses settlements and infrastructure, such as roads, pipelines and powerlines as proxies for [..]
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Presentation of impact analysis from the Europe GLOBIO2 analysis and scenarios prepared for the GEO-3 publication. In addition to the human impact on the mountains of Southern Norway this also [..]
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Presentation of impact analysis from the Europe GLOBIO2 analysis and scenarios prepared for the GEO-3 publication. In addition to the human impact on the mountains of Southern Norway this also [..]
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Analysis of the suggested development of impact on ecosystems through human activities. The GLOBIO-2 model uses settlements and infrastructure, such as roads, pipelines and powerlines as proxies for [..]
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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 [..]
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The hunting of pilot whales is an important traditional practice in the Faroe Islands. Catches of whales are shared largely without the exchange of money among the participants in a hunt and residents [..]
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The map shows the range of nine different ecosystem types across Fennoscandia, the northern region of scandinavia and the western part of the Barents region. The Barents region is in the Arctic and [..]
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Norway is located in Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden, comprising 324,220 sq km. It has a population of 4,593,041 (2005). Major environmental [..]
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This map shows changes in wilderness areas in Norway from 1900 to 1992, and the sucessive decrease when human activities have expanded. Wilderness is defined as areas more than 5 km from roads, [..]
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Forest distribution in Scandinavia is affected by several different species. This is to demonstrate the concentration of lodgepole pine (pinus contorta) in Sweden. The lodgepole pine is a tall, [..]
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