Norway

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Chloe

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tourism
fjords - transport and cruises
post cards of the natural landscape exert a global influence
walking tours - offer employment and improve wellbeing
fjord crossings 
bridges and tunnels across fjords
the hardanger bridge is 1380 m across the hardanger fjord
sustainable oil future
the government invests oil revenue into the government pension fund global
worth 3.1 trillion in 2019
how many oil fields do equinor own  
50
norway's government owns 67 % of all shares
tourism employment
in 2017 there were 166000 people employed in tourism
renewable energy 
renewable energy is 61 % of all energy shares
and HEP is 68 % of all renewable energy
how much is the green project fund worth 
14 billion
how much oil does norway export  
3 million barrels a day
its the 5 th largest exporter of oil
oil and gas of norways GDP
48 % in 2019
norways largest energy plant
kvilldal
kvilldal hydroenergy plant 
part of the ulla-forre hydropower complex
largest power station in norway
law of the sea
conservation and sustainable usage law of the barrent sea
location 
northern europe
atlantic ocean
population 
5 million
what percentage of GDP is tourism
3.6 %
what fraction of norways natural resources have yet to be extracted
2/3
what percentage of land and sea is protected
17 % of the mainland
65 % of the barents sea
sami people  
oldest culture in norway
80000 population
there are 9 different sami languages but only 3 are actively spoken in northern norway
this shows how they are slowly losing their culture
sami culture 
2600 herd reindeer
no sami people live a completely traditional lifetsyle in the present day
lands inhibited by the sami people has a combined total of 80 % of northern europes biodiversity
the saying, eennam lii eellim, translates to land is life - they use their traditional ecological knowledge to protect and restore their environments biodiversity
this is an example of a community based approach to mitigate climate change