Section for Forest Management
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- Event history
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- CCR Hierarchy
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This page shows the event history for this unit.
01.01.2014* Founding by complex reorganization
Tasks (source: www.regjeringen.no):
- Measures to safeguard nature in forests, wetlands and cultural landscapes (prioritised species, selected habitat types, nature conservation, alien invasive species)
- The knowledge base for forests, wetlands and cultural landscapes
- The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Coordinating the Ministry’s work with environmental impacts of forestry and agriculture, including the Agricultural Agreement
- Selected cultural landscapes in agriculture
- Wetlands centres
- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN high-level forum on sustainable development.
- Coordinate the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
- The Cartagena Protocol on GMOs. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Legislation: The Norwegian Gene Technology Act and the Norwegian Nature Diversity Act
31.12.2015* Ending by absorption
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.