Annual Report 2000

UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000

Progress in building capacities for managing and reporting environmental information in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States

BOING (Baltic On-Line Interactive Geographical and En- vironmental Information Service )

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The BOING project is a two-year project financed through the EU-INFO2000 programme. The aim is a to create a compre- hensive information service on eutrophication in the Baltic Sea, together with our partners, the Stockholm University's Depart- ment of Systems Ecology and the Finnish Institue of Marine Research. The web-based service will feature indicator-based presentations, an encyclopaedia, a glossary and interactive servi- ces as well as data. A significant part of the project is devoted to conducting user consultations and workshops. www.grida.no/boing Since the original GRID-Arendal Baltic GIS repository opened in 1995, the environmental datasets have been available for downloads and as map graphics. In September 2000, the Baltic Environmental Atlas was launched. This interactive map makes it possible to browse and explore these datasets, and also to easi- ly compare and relate them. The map service has been devel- oped within the BOING project to be publicly launched in the summer of 2001. maps.grida.no/baltic Baltic Environmental Atlas

status countries

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CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

Poland Czech Republic

Slovakia Hungary Slovenia

SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE

Romania Bulgaria Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina Yugoslavia FYR Macedonia Albania

BALTIC STATES

Estonia Latvia Lithuania

EASTERN EUROPE

Belarus

Russia

Ukraine Moldova

SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

completed partially achieved

planned

The Baltic Drainage Basin GIS, Maps and Statistics web site was nominated finalist in the Environment Category of the Stockholm Challenge Award, June 2000. www.grida.no/baltic

1. participation 2. training, electronic SoE reporting 3. GRID node, sustainable capacity in place