Annual Report 2000

UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000

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Promoting Arctic Information on the Internet

GRID-Arendal actively promoted access to Arctic information on the Internet during 2000, and hosted the web pages of a number of Arctic organisations. The Arctic Council One of GRID-Arendal's major partners is the Arctic Council. In an agreement with the Arctic Council, GRID-Arendal sup- ported their web site: www.arctic-council.org. This serves and facilitates all future Arctic Secretariat geographic locations by se- curing the domain name which will remain the same.

RAIPON Capacity building and participation of Russia's indigenous peoples in the sustainable development of the Arctic The Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), received support to develop and produce their in- ternal newsletters and their web page. The project worked fur- ther with partners to develop project activities in the fields of telecommunications, independent environmental impact assess- ments, legal frameworks, environmental information and re- porting, and potentials for small sustainable traditional business development. The main funding is provided by the Govern- ment of Norway. The Saami Council is a key partner.

AMAP The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) www.amap.no CAFF Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF). caff.arctic-council.org PAME Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) pame.arctic-council.org Parliamentary Cooperation in the Arctic The web site of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of

the Arctic Region www.grida.no/parl

Arctic Environmental Atlas

This interactive map application, launched in December 2000, displays a number of environment-related themes, such as pop- ulation density, WWF ecoregions and protected areas from a polar view. The datasets are primarily global datasets that have been formatted to fit the Arctic view. maps.grida.no/arctic

Arctic NGOs

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Arctic Programme www.ngo.grida.no/wwfap Circumpolar Conservation Union www.circumpolar.org Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples (RAIPON) www.raipon.org