From:    Brian Lucas 
Subject: Interactive Baltic environmental map server launched

Interactive Baltic environmental map server launched

Anyone with a standard web browser can now create environmental maps of the
Baltic Sea Region.  At the Baltic Environmental Atlas web site,
http://maps.grida.no/baltic, visitors can choose themes such as land use and
population density, and display them along with other features of interest
on customized maps.  The new service concentrates on factors related to the
problem of eutrophication, which threatens biodiversity, reduces fish
catches, and damages the recreational potential of coastal areas.
Eutrophication is considered to be one of the most serious environmental and
economic problems in the Baltic Sea.

The Baltic Environmental Atlas draws on data from one of the most popular
environmental web sites in the region over the last five years, the Baltic
Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database (http://www.grida.no/baltic/).
It was developed by GRID-Arendal, a United Nations Environment Programme
information centre, as part of the Baltic On-line Interactive Geographical
and Environmental Information Service (BOING) project funded by the European
Union.

For more information, please contact:
Project Manager Hugo Ahlenius, tel. +47-37035713, email ahlenius@grida.no,
or
Project Co-ordinator Sindre Langaas, tel. +46-8-7908612, email
langaas@grida.no

http://maps.grida.no/baltic/
    Interactive On-line Mapping Tool for the Baltic Region
http://www.grida.no/boing/
    The BOING project website
http://www.grida.no/baltic/
    Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database
http://www.grida.no/
    GRID-Arendal web site