Barents Sea: GIWA Regional Assessment 11

This report presents the results of the UNEP/GIWA Assessment for the Barents Sea region as concluded during four workshops. The first two workshops were conducted in Murmansk, Russia, in September 2001 and February 2002. In these two meetings, only Russian experts participated. Since a small part of the Barents Sea drainage basin belongs to Norway and Finland, partners were found in Norway on the recommendation of the Programme authorities, and the last two workshops were carried out with support from Norwegian partners, one in Tromsø, Norway, in February 2003 and the other in Murmansk, Russia, in October 2003. The Task team was made up of local experts having a wide and long-term expertise concerning the environmental and socio-economic impact assessment in the Barents Sea region. In their work, the experts used various data obtained from a wide range of different international programmes and projects carried out in the region. The results provided are based on the conclusions from the Russian Task team, with support from the Norwegian experts and other invitees.