This report, written in large part by Arctic indigenous peoples, acknowledges the importance of including Arctic indigenous peoples Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom (TK&W) in scientific efforts to fully understand the nature of biodiversity and biodiversity changes in the North.
This report summarizes population status and trends for 19 populations of Arctic seabirds within the AEWA area. It is a 2014 update of the 2011 CAFF report that was compiled as an input to the 2012 African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) Report on the Conservation Status of Migratory Birds in the Agreement Area (abbreviated Conservation Status Report, CSR) being prepared by Wetlands International
The report presents the results of the scoping study on ecosystem services and the application of a TEEB approach and methodology in the Arctic and concludes with options for follow-up work.
This report presents the results of the scoping study on ecosystem services and the application of a TEEB approach and methodology in the Arctic. The report includes: 1) Results from compiling and synthesizing information, issues, current practices, methodologies and perspectives on Arctic ecosystem services and their values in relation to decision making, 2)List and discussion of policy areas identified during the scoping study for potential follow up using TEEB methodology, and 3) Way forward options, including, but not limited to, application of TEEB methodology to policy focus areas, and consideration of options for practical implementation of TEEB at a range of jurisdictional and spatial scales.
This report aims to describe the broad-scale trends necessary for designing and targeting informed conservation strategies at the flyway level to address these reported declines.
Evaluering af Arktisk Biodiversitet: Sammenfatning til Politiske Beslutningstagere
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Report for Policy Makers (Danish). Find the nine key findings and 17 recommendations CAFF makes to the Arctic Council.
AMAP/CAFF/SDW G, 2013. Identification of Arctic marine areas of heightened ecological and cultural significance: Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) IIc. Oslo. 114 pp. 2013. Identification of Arctic marine areas of heightened ecological and cultural significance: Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) IIc
Évaluation de la biodiversité de l’Arctique Résumé destiné aux décideurs
>Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Report for Policy Makers (French). Find the nine key findings and 17 recommendations CAFF makes to the Arctic Council.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Cover, Table of Contents and Acknowledgements.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, Summary
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, chapter 7, Suggested conservation and research priorities
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, chapter 5, Stressors and their alleviation
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, Status and trends in Arctic Biodiversity as a standalone document.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, References
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, Preface
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis,chapter 6, Knowledge gaps
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, chapter 3, Introduction
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, chapter 3: Human use of wildlife through time
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, Foreword
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis, chapter 2, Characteristics of Arctic Biodiversity.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Status and Trends in Arctic Biodiversity full scientific report (fishes and terrestrial ecosystems chapters still pending). The ABA is the best available science, informed by Traditoinal Ecological Knowledge, on the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis. A stand alone synthesis document summarizing the characteristcs of Arctic biodiversity, human use of wildlife over time, status and trends in Arctic biodiversity, stressors and their alleviation, knowledge gaps and suggested conservation and research priorities.
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑑᑎᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᐃᓈᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Report for Policy Makers (Inuktitut). Find the nine key findings and 17 recommendations CAFF makes to the Arctic Council.
Оценка биоразнообразия в Арктике Резюме для политического руководства
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Report for Policy Makers (Russian). Find the nine key findings and 17 recommendations CAFF makes to the Arctic Council.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Report for Policy Makers (English). Find the nine key findings and 17 recommendations CAFF makes to the Arctic Council.
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Preface by CAFF and Steering Committee Chairmen
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Foreword by the chief scientist
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Introduction
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 20, Linguistic Diversity
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 19, Disturbance, Feedbacks and Conservation
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 18, Provisioning and Cultural Services
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 17, Genetics
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 16, Invasive Species: Human-Induced
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 15, Parasites
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 14, Marine Ecosystems
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 13, Freshwater Ecosystems
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 12, Terrestrial Ecosystems
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 11, Microorganisms
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 10, Fungi
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 9, Plants
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 8, Marine Invertebrates
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 7, Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrates
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 6, Fishes
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 5, Amphibians and Reptiles
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 4, Birds
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 3, Mammals
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 2, Species Diversity in the Arctic
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Chapter 1, Synthesis: implications for conservation
This is the first truely circumpolar overview of Arctic biodiversity and provides a clear understanding of the importance of the Earth's largest ecoregion and its status in the face of a rapidly changing world.
This report is a technical account of a Gap Analysis Project conducted for the Russian Arctic in 1997-1999 in support of the Circumpolar Protected Areas Network (CPAN) of CAFF. It updates the status and spatial distribution of protected areas within the CAFF area of the Russian Federation and provides, in 22 GIs based maps and several data sets, a wealth of information relevant for present and future management decisions related to habitat conservation in the Russian Arctic.
This report provides an overview of porposals made by CAFF countries for new and/or enlarged protected areas in the Arctic.
An assessment on the status of protected areas in the Arctic, as of 1994.
For this report, twenty-two indicators were selected to provide a snapshot of the trends being observed in Arctic biodiversity today.
The references for the Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010: Selected indicators of Change report.
A twelve page summary booklet highlighting the key findings and emerging issues and challenges as featured in the full report.
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A presentation on the Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010: Selected Indicators of Change report.
The status and trend of indicator species #22, linguistic diversity, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #21, changes in protected areas, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #20, changes in harvest, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #19, seabird harvest, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #18, reindeer herding, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #17, impacts of human activities on benthic habitat, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #15, effects of decreased freshwater ice cover duration on biodiversity, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #14, Arctic peatlands, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #13, appearing and disappearing lakes in the Arctic and their impacts on biodiversity, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #12, reproductive phenology in terrestrial ecosystem, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #11, greening of the Arctic, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
>The status and trend of indicator species #10, Arctic sea-ice ecosystems, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #9, Arctic genetic diversity, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #8, The Arctic Species Trend Index.
The status and trend of indicator species #7, invasive species (human-induced), in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #6, Arctic char, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #5, seabirds - common eider, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #4, seabirds - murre/guillemots, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #3, shorebirds- re knot, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #2, the wild reindeer and caribou, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
The status and trend of indicator species #1, the polar bear, in the Arctic Biodiversity Trend 2010 report.
Outlines the emerging issues and challenges that Arctic wildlife and ecosystems face, as well as the challenges in conservation and protection as identified in the Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010 report.
The seven key findings from the Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010: Selected indicators of Change report.
Introduction to the Arctic Biodiveristy Trends 2010: Selected Indicators of Change report.
A document outlining the basic principles and guidelines for authors of the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) scientific report.
The Arctic Biodiveristy Assessment (ABA) work plan and financial strategy.
A Concept Paper prepared for CAFF that describes several species which depend on sea ice for essential life functions including foraging, reproduction, protection from predators and cold water immersion, a platform for traveling, resting, and nursing, as well as some species that associate with sea ice for parts of the year. This paper specifically discusses ice algae and protists, Arctic cod, ivory gulls, thick-billed murres, spectacled and king eiders, polar bears, ringed seals, bearded seals, walruses, narwhals, beluga whales and bowhead whales.
This report compiles information on proposed protected areas and an analysis of gaps in the network of existing and proposed protected areas using Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques.
Workshop goals were to: outline past trends and the current situation for sea ice-associated biodiversity and project what might happen in the future; consider issues facing sea ice-associated biodiversity and what actions might be required to adapt to or mitigate the effects of reduced availability of Arctic sea ice; outline a technical report on the effects of sea ice loss on ice-associated biodiversity and determine next steps.
A summary of international marine conservation instruments and national legislation of the six Arctic coastal states that border on the Arctic Ocean.
Descriptions of the natural physical, natural ecological, economic, cultural, subsistence use, educations, landscape, societal, scientific and recreational values of Arctic protected areas.
A report discussing the multitude of values found in Arctic protected areas. It presents case studies that demonstrate how protected areas conserve such values.
A series of thematic goals and recommendations arising from Arctic Flora and Fauna: Status and Conservation, the science-based overview of Arctic biodiversity and key conservation issues.
The 1042 page scientific report of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, a major international project to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.
Policy advice on the findings of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA).
A report arguing for the holistic approach to sacred sites management by exploring case studies in the Yamal and Koryak Autonomous Okrus.
An initial examination of the literature pertaining to the traditional, historical, and contemporary Aleut use of plant resources.
Key findings from the 2011 analysis of the Arctic Species Trend Index, focussing on the marine ecosystem and spatial analysis techniques after the dataset underwent revisions and updates.
The 2011 exploration of spatial biodiversity data analysis techniques using the Arctic Species Trend Index data set.
