Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

# The Arctic biogeographical region has a highly varied landscape and contains some of Europe’s few remaining large wilderness areas.# The climatic conditions put extreme pressure on plants and animals, and large parts of the region are still under glaciation. Permafrost is widespread.# There...