Protected land as percentage of total land area: 7% (2% partially protected) CO2 emissions trend: 9.2 tonnes per capita ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES  |  | | Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Washington DC, 1973 | | yes | | | |  | | Convention on Biological Diversity Earth Summit in Rio, 1992 | | yes | | | |  | | 1992 Amendment to protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (amendment to Montreal Protocol) Copenhagen, 1992 | | yes | | | |  | | Kyoto Convention on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Earth Summit in Kyoto, 1997 | | yes | | | |  | | Basel convention on the dumping of hazardous wastes (Basel) Basel, 1989 | | yes | | | |  | | Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) Ramsar, Iran 1971 | | yes | | |
In 1986 northern Norway suffered radioactive contamination after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Norway has a tax on carbon dioxide emissions and was instrumental in securing agreement on the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions. In 1993, it lifted a ban on fishing minke whales, and in 2001 it allowed the export of whale products. It was also criticized in 2001 for a cull of (endangered) gray wolves and for plans to develop a coalfield on Svalbard. From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004 |
