Svalbard and the Polar Areas
In the northern areas and in Antarctica, Norway administers some of the planet´s last great areas with virtually untouched nature. Such areas are of great intrinsic value, at the same time as they are important for the preservation of biological diversity.
The Antarctic
The Antarctic contains some of the last vast undisturbed areas of nature in the world. Plants, animals, ecosystems and cultural heritage in the Antarctic face an unrelenting growing pressure from traffic, environmental toxins and climate change. The cooperation under the Antarctic Treaty is critical to safeguarding the preservation of the natural environment and cultural heritage.
Latest on svalbard and the polar areas
What's new
- New Guide Requirements in Svalbard Press release 19/06/2025
- New regulation on field safety in Svalbard – guides must be approved Press release 06/06/2025
- The Government wants to reinforce national control to strengthen the Norwegian community of families on Svalbard Press release 31/05/2024
- Amendments to the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act provides better protection for polar bears and seabirds News story 30/05/2024
- Amendments to environmental regulations in Svalbard News story 09/02/2024
Documents
- Meld. St. 26 (2023–2024) - Svalbard Report to the Storting 31/05/2024
- Meld. St. 21 (2023–2024) - Norway’s integrated ocean management plans Report to the Storting 05/04/2024
- Meld. St. 5 (2023–2024) - A Resilient Health Emergency Preparedness Report to the Storting 24/11/2023
- Meld. St. 26 (2022–2023) - A changing climate – united for a climate-resilient society Report to the Storting 16/06/2023
- Meld. St. 20 (2019–2020) - Norway’s integrated ocean management plans — Barents Sea–Lofoten area; the Norwegian Sea; and the North Sea and Skagerrak Report to the Storting 24/04/2020
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Section for Polar Affairs and the High North
E-mail: postmottak@kld.dep.no
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Address:
P.B. 8013 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
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