Editing Norway (section)

=== Environment ===
Attractive and dramatic scenery and landscape are found throughout Norway.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/norway-greatest-place-on-earth_n_4550413.html "25 Reasons Norway Is The Greatest Place On Earth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010165518/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/norway-greatest-place-on-earth_n_4550413.html |date=10 October 2017 }}. ''The Huffington Post''. 7 January 2014.</ref> The west coast of southern Norway and the coast of northern Norway present some of the most visually impressive coastal sceneries in the world. [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] has listed the Norwegian fjords as the world's top tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061115-heritage-sites_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117224816/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061115-heritage-sites_2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 November 2006 |title=Best, Worst World Heritage Sites Ranked |work=[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic News]] |first=Hope |last=Hamashige |access-date=25 October 2009}}</ref> The country is also home to the natural phenomena of the Midnight sun (during summer), as well as the [[Aurora|Aurora borealis]] known also as the Northern lights.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/norway/travel-tips-and-articles/72649|title=Norway: come for the sun, stay for the light show|date=2 August 2010|work=Lonely Planet|access-date=11 April 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430073653/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/norway/travel-tips-and-articles/72649|archive-date=30 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 2024 [[Environmental Performance Index]] from [[Yale University]], [[Columbia University]] and the [[World Economic Forum]] put Norway in seventh place, immediately below United Kingdom and Sweden.<ref name="epi">{{Cite web |date= |title=Environmental Performance Index 2024 |url=https://epi.yale.edu/downloads/2024-epi-report-20250106.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004102150/http://epi.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2016EPI_Full_Report_opt.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=epi.yale.edu}}</ref> The index is based on environmental risks to human health, habitat loss, and changes in {{CO2}} emissions. The index notes over-exploitation of fisheries, but not [[Whaling in Norway|Norway's whaling]] or [[Energy in Norway|oil exports]].<ref name="indi">{{Cite web |url=http://epi.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2016_epi_framework_indicator_scores_friendly.xls |title=2016 Environmental Performance Index (excel/xls) |date=January 2016 |website=epi.yale.edu |access-date=23 December 2017 }} {{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Norway had a 2019 [[Forest Landscape Integrity Index]] mean score of 6.98/10, ranking it 60th globally out of 172 countries.<ref name="FLII-Supplementary">{{cite journal|last1=Grantham|first1=H. S.|last2=Duncan|first2=A.|last3=Evans|first3=T. D.|last4=Jones|first4=K. R.|last5=Beyer|first5=H. L.|last6=Schuster|first6=R.|last7=Walston|first7=J.|last8=Ray|first8=J. C.|last9=Robinson|first9=J. G.|last10=Callow|first10=M.|last11=Clements|first11=T.|last12=Costa|first12=H. M.|last13=DeGemmis|first13=A.|last14=Elsen|first14=P. R.|last15=Ervin|first15=J.|last16=Franco|first16=P.|last17=Goldman|first17=E.|last18=Goetz|first18=S.|last19=Hansen|first19=A.|last20=Hofsvang|first20=E.|last21=Jantz|first21=P.|last22=Jupiter|first22=S.|last23=Kang|first23=A.|last24=Langhammer|first24=P.|last25=Laurance|first25=W. F.|last26=Lieberman|first26=S.|last27=Linkie|first27=M.|last28=Malhi|first28=Y.|last29=Maxwell|first29=S.|last30=Mendez|first30=M.|last31=Mittermeier|first31=R.|last32=Murray|first32=N. J.|last33=Possingham|first33=H.|last34=Radachowsky|first34=J.|last35=Saatchi|first35=S.|last36=Samper|first36=C.|last37=Silverman|first37=J.|last38=Shapiro|first38=A.|last39=Strassburg|first39=B.|last40=Stevens|first40=T.|last41=Stokes|first41=E.|last42=Taylor|first42=R.|last43=Tear|first43=T.|last44=Tizard|first44=R.|last45=Venter|first45=O.|last46=Visconti|first46=P.|last47=Wang|first47=S.|last48=Watson|first48=J. E. M.|display-authors=1|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|year=2020|page=5978|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3|pmid=33293507|pmc=7723057|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.5978G }}</ref>