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Program Management
The International Cooperative Program on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystem (ICP IM) is a multi-disciplinary integrated monitoring program managed by the United Nation's Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (Environment and Human Settlement division) and is implemented under the Convention on Long-range Trans-boundary Air Pollution. This convention was ratified in 1979 and fully implemented in 1983 by the UNECE. The ICP IM is under leadership of Sweden and the Program Center (collects and stores data) is at the Finnish Environment Institute.
The ICP IM is part of 6 International Cooperative Programs (ICP):
Data and Information Aspects
The goal of the program is to provide ecosystem impact data reflecting climate and biodiversity changes and depletion of the stratospheric ozone across climatic gradients and geological and eco zone boundaries. The requirement to establish consistent time series for environmental variables in order to provide scientific and statistically reliable data for modeling and decision making is met by:
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monitoring both biogeochemical trends and biological responses in small (10 - 1000 ha) clearly defined areas
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seeking to separate the noise of natural variation, including succession, from the signal of anthropogenic disturbance by monitoring natural or semi-natural ecosystems
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developing and applying tools, e.g. models, for regional assessment and prediction of long-term effects
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ICP IM Members
Nineteen countries participate in the ICP IM activities:
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Austria
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Belarus
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Canada
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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Germany
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Iceland
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Italy
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Russia
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Sweden
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United Kingdom
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Faroe Islands are currently on temporary suspension from reporting data.
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Ireland, Poland, and Spain stopped reporting data in the year 2000.
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The Netherlands has discontinued monitoring since 1999, but takes part in the data evaluations.
Contact Information
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Martin Forsius
Programme Manager
Finnish Environment Institute
P.O. Box 140
FIN-00251 Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: martin.forsius@ymparisto.fi
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