Planned mining activities in the north western part of Jameson Land in East Greenland are expected to disturb a large number of moulting and breeding waterbirds in part of the Ramsar site “Heden”. The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Aarhus University, has censused the number of birds in the affected area and in the nearby valley Ørsted Dal. The valley is suggested as a potential new protected area for birds and will - if it is included - extend the entire Ramsar site considerably. It is, however, difficult to judge whether the replacement area will compensate sufficiently for the birds that will have to leave “Heden”.

This report presents the Danish emission inventory for Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC), N2O and CO2 from the use of solvents in industries and households. Solvent use constitutes approximately one third of the total NMVOC emissions in Denmark, i.e. 27 940 tonnes in 2007. NMVOC emissions are fundamental in relation to many human and environmental health issues and to long-range transport of chemical active species.

NERI has published a manual for the Nuuk Basic Programme

At the analytical chemical authority control of pesticide products on the Danish market in 2008 samples of selected groups of pesticides were collected from the market and analysed to verify whether the actual contents of the respective active ingre­dients and selected additives in the products comply with the labelled content. Satisfactory results were found for all the 29 examined pesticide formulations.

An international conference in Norway in September 2009 addressed the issue of the environmental impact related to disposal of mine tailings and waste rock in lakes and in the sea. What are the problems, and how can they be solved? These were the questions discussed at the conference among specialists in the field.