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Section for Forest Management

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2014-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Founding by complex reorganization

Name
Section for Forest Management

Short name
SKOG

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Section

Superior body
Department for Nature Management

Located
301 Oslo

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

2015-12-31 00:00:00.0 * Ending by absorption

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