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This Environmental Oil Spill Sensitivity Atlas has been prepared to provide oil spill response planners and responders with tools to identify resources at risk, establish protection priorities and identify appropriate response and clean-up strategies. It covers the shoreline and the offshore areas of Northeast Greenland between 71º N and 81.5º N. The coastal zone is divided into 264 shoreline segments and the offshore zone into 18 areas. A sensitivity index value is calculated for each segment/area, and each segment/area is subsequentlyranked according to four degrees of oil spill sensitivity. Besides this general ranking several smaller, so-called “selected areas” are identified. They are of particular significance, they are especially vulnerable to oil spills and they have a size making oil spill response possible. The shoreline sensitivity rankings are shown on 68 maps (in scale 1:250,000), which also show the different elements included and the selected areas. Coast types, logistics and proposed response methods along the coasts are shown on another 68 maps. The oil spill sensitivity of the offshore zone is depicted on four maps, one for each season. Based on all the information, appropriate oil spill response methods have been assessed for each area.

This oil spill sensitivity atlas covers the shoreline and theoffshore areas of West Greenland between 75º N and 77º N.The coastal zone is divided into 53 shoreline segments, andthe offshore zone into 4 areas. A sensitivity index value iscalculated for each segment/area, and each segment/areais subsequently ranked according to four degrees of sensitivity.Besides this general ranking, a number of smaller areasare especially selected, as they are of particular significance.They are especially vulnerable to oil spills and they have asize making oil spill response possible. The shoreline sensitivityrankings are shown on 15 maps (in scale 1:250,000), whichalso show the different elements included in the analysisand the selected areas. Coast types, logistics and proposedresponse methods along the coasts are shown on another 15maps. The sensitivities of the offshore zones are depicted onfour maps, one for each season. Based on all the information,appropriate oil spill response methods have been assessedfor each area

Rapporten præsenterer økosystemer og nøglehabitater samt vigtige arters udbredelse, populationsstørrelser og trækkorridorer i Vest- og Sydøstgrønland. Rapporten identificerer tre typer af områder: 1) Artsspecifikke kerneområder, 2) Vigtige områder for naturtyper og andre arealbaserede temaer/ økosystemkomponenter og 3) Økologiske og biologiske interesseområder. Rapporten identificerer 23 økologiske og biologiske interesseområder og anbefaler, at der i det videre strategiske arbejde med beskyttelse af sårbar natur i Grønland er særlig opmærksomhed på disse områder. Alle områder, som er nævnt ovenfor, foreligger som selvstændige datalag, der kan indgå ien GIS (Geografisk Informations System)- analyse. I forbindelse med klimaændringer, øget skibsfart, ændrede mønstre indenfor fangst og fiskeri, udvikling indenfor landbrug, mulige fremtidige industrielle aktiviteter etc. vurderer rapporten, at der i fremtiden med fordel kan anvendes økosystembaseret forvaltning (Ecosystem Based Management,EBM) af land- og havområder i Grønland.

This oil spill sensitivity atlas covers the shoreline and the offshore areas of West Greenland between 68º N and 72º N. The coastal zone is divided into 199 shoreline segments and the offshore zone into 8 areas. A sensitivity index value is calculated for each segment/area, and each segment/area is subsequently ranked according to four degrees of sensitivity. Besides this general ranking a number of smaller areas are especially selected as they are of particular significance, they are especially vulnerable to oil spills and they have a size making oil spill response possible. The shoreline sensitivity ranking are shown on 37 maps (in scale 1:250,000), which also show the different elements included and the selected areas. Coast types, logistics and proposed response methods along the coasts are shown on another 37 maps. The sensitivities of the offshore zones are depicted on 4 maps, one for each season. Based on all the information, appropriate oil spill response methods have been assessed for each area.

This oil spill sensitivity atlas covers the shoreline and the offshore areas of West Greenland between 72º N and 75º N. The coastal zone is divided into 118 shoreline segments and the offshore zone into 3 areas. A sensitivity index value is calculated for each segment/area, and each segment/area is subsequently ranked according to four degrees of sensitivity. Besides this general ranking a number of smaller areas are especially selected as they are of particular significance, they are especially vulnerable to oil spills and they have a size making oil spill response possible. The shoreline sensitivity ranking are shown on 13 maps (in scale 1:250,000), which also show the different elements included and the selected areas. Coast types, logistics and proposed response methods along the coasts are shown on another 13 maps. The sensitivities of the offshore zones are depicted on 4 maps, one for each season. Based on all the information, appropriate oil spill response methods have been assessed for each area