Circumpolar Map of Resources at Risk from Oil Spills in the Arctic
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Akvaplan-niva AS

The Circumpolar Map of Resources at Risk from Oil Spills in the Arctic was compiled by Akvaplan-niva AS for the EPPR working group of the Arctic Council.

Akvaplan-niva is a consultancy and research company working with environmental issues and with aquaculture. The company is a major participant in the Polar Environmental Centre in Tromsø, Norway. 

In cooperation with other companies in the consortium and affiliated institutions such as the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Akvaplan-niva also offers services such as chemical analyses, geological surveying and aquaculture engineering. 

The company has carried out a large number of aquaculture and environmental projects in Norway, Russia, the European Arctic and other regions worldwide.

If you are connected to the Internet you may read more about Akvaplan-niva at www.akvaplan.niva.no

Akvaplan-niva range of services include:

• Environmental consultancy
  • Marine and freshwater environmental monitoring and resource studies
  • Environmental impact and risk assessments
  • Environmental planning and management studies
  • Environmental research 
  • Environmental data management
  • Development of environmental guidelines, programs, strategies
  • Courses, seminars 
• Aquaculture Consultancy 
• Research and Development
  • Arctic ecology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Biodiversity 
  • Benthos taxonomy
  • Development of new aquaculture species
  • Design and testing of new production techniques
• Analytical services