Environment in Focus

STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE RAET NATIONAL MARINE PARK (SOUTHERN NORWAY)

condition) in the worst 10 per cent of areas; there

is moderate confidence in the trend assessment.

Tourism is considered by the experts to be providing

the region with significant benefits (good), which are

believed to have been steady over the past five years.

There is a high degree of confidence in the score and

trend assessment for social and economic benefits

(Figure 6).

Lastly, for coastal development, the experts

considered the environmental pressure to be

significant (poor) overall, with the worst 10 per cent of

areas impacted by tourismexperiencing high pressure

(very poor) and the best areas experiencing moderate

pressure (good). There is moderate confidence in the

assessment of pressure (Figure 6). The trend in this

pressure has been steady over the past five years for

all areas and there is high confidence in this trend