Keywords
environmental management
nature protection areas
Spitsbergen
Svalbard
How to Cite
Abstract
The paper concerns specific features of exploration, geographical recognition, exploitation of natural resources, and economy of the archipelago. Development of the Svalbard system of nature protection areas and its impact on the environment and human activity is shown. Both the natural environment and Norwegian national interests are perfectly protected in Svalbard. Classical physico-geographical research was lost in significance to biological investigations (or to environmental science in the aspect of biotic components). Research activity in the human geography of Svalbard has mostly declined.
Funding
Reviewers are thanked for their notes. A. Kasprzak is thanked for his assistance in proofreading the text. K. Ostafin is thanked for his assistance in drawing figure 4.
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