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Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre

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01.01.2018 Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
Short name: Artsdatabanken
Affiliations: Other public administration body
COFOG 05 Environmental protection
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 5001 Trondheim
Procedure and documents for this change:

Bridging the gap between biodiversity science and policy

The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC) was established by a parliamentary resolution and became operational in 2005.
The goal of NBIC is to serve as a national source of information on species and ecosystems in Norway, and to make up-to-date information on biodiversity widely available and easily accessible to the society.
NBIC focuses on knowledge, both by increasing the level of knowledge, and making it available. Our role as a National source for biodiversity knowledge requires a comprehensive interaction with the scientific community, and close cooperation with policymakers, managers and other data users.

From 1 January 2018, NBIC are an independent, gross-funded administrative body under the Ministry of Climate and Environment. NBIC are professionally independent and has its own board.

Source: www.biodiversity.no

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.