During 1995 UNEP/GRID-Arendal pioneered an innovation within UNEP. In cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, UNEP/GRID-Arendal produced the Internet version of the 1995 State of the Environment Report for Norway. This multi-media national report was the first of its kind and was released in July 1995 by Norway`s Minister of the Environment, Thorbjørn Berntsen.

We were particularly encouraged by UNEP`s endorsement of this reporting concept as a reference point for the production and dissemination of similar reports by other countries.

We have continued to focus major attention on the polar areas. The priority in 1995 has been data and information preparation for programs under the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS), including the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME).

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