The State Administration Database

The Policy Unit

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.2007* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: * Section for biodiversity and marine administration
Short name: Seksjon for biologisk mangfold og marin naturforv
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section
Located: 301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2008* Change of name

Name: * Section for biodiversity and biotechnology
Short name: Seksjon for biologisk mangfold og bioteknologi

01.01.2009* Change of name

Name: Section for Biological diversity and biosafety
Short name: Seksjon for biologisk mangfold og biosikkerhet

01.01.2014* Change of name

Name: The Policy Unit
Short name: VIE

Tasks (source: www.regjeringen.no):
- Development of strategies and coordination of measures to safeguard natural diversity (the Norwegian Natural Diversity Act in general, selected types of nature in particular, the Norwegian Planning and Building Act).
- Preparation of national action plan for natural diversity.
- Following up with the ecosystem services committee.
- The Department for Nature Management contributes to the development of the environmental impact assessment regulation and other general issues relating to the Norwegian Planning and Building Act.
- Coordinating the development of the knowledge platform for natural diversity.
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
- The Norwegian Nature Inspectorate Act.
- The species databank and the species project.
- Undisturbed nature areas in Norway (INON)

31.12.2015* Ending by absorption

(The unit is terminated (absorbed by another existing unit).)

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.