The Resolution of Cooperation between CAFF and the UN Convention of Biological Diversity.
REVISED
The Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI) is designed to improve the conservation status and secure the long-term sustainability of declining Arctic breeding migratory bird populations. This work plan identifies key actions over four years.
AMBI will have a positive impact on societies for whom migratory birds are a source of livelihood and spiritual inspiration. AMBI also provides an early implementation of Recommendation #8 of the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment to reduce stressors on migratory species range-wide.
This document outlines CAFF's key deliverables since the 2013 Arctic Council Ministerial and identifies key projects and activities to be delivered in 2015-2017.
A progress report of the Land Cover Change Index, an initiative to create a framework to harness remote sensing potential for use in Arctic biodiversity monitoring and assessment activities. This document reports on progress made in Phase 1 of this initiative 2013-2015.
An update on the activities and actions surrounding the implementation of the Arctic Biodiversity Data Service (ABDS).
Memorandum of Cooperation of the Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI).
A progress report to the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting, Iqaluit, Canada, April 2015 on CAFF's traditional knowledge and community-based monitoring work.
This report describes the progress that has been made in 2014 to implement the CBMP Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan.
This report describes the progress towards implementation of the CBMP-Freshwater plan in 2014
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Yellowknife, Canada October 2014 meeting.
Also available in Russian / на русском языке
This document details Swedish involvement in implementing the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan for the year 2013.
The Canadian Arctic Marine Biodiversity Plan (Canadian Marine Plan) is the Canadian contribution to the Arctic Council Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna’s Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan.
The overall objective of the Canadian Arctic Marine Biodiversity Plan (Canadian Marine Plan) is to improve our ability to detect and understand the causes of long-term changes in the structure and function of Canadian arctic marine ecosystems. The Canadian Marine Plan integrates existing scientific and community-based marine biodiversity data and information.
A brochure describing the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP).
This document details Canadian involvement in implementing the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
Implementation of the CBMP-Marine Plan began in late 2011, and this report describes the progress that has been made during the second year of implementation (2013).
This report documents the results and next steps of the first Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI) expert workshop that took place in Montreal, Canada on February 9th 2014.
This document details Canadian involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details the background, purpose, development, structure and outcomes of the CBMP Terrestrial Steering Group meeting in Akureyri, Iceland February 2014 to implement the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan.
This document details American involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details Icelandic involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details Norwegian involvement in implementing the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details Finnish involvement in implementing the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details Icelandic involvement in implementing the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details Norwegian involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
This document details Greenlandic involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2013.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Yellowknife, Canada March 2014 meeting.
This document contains 20 abstracts from papers presented by scientists at the Alaskan Arctic Vegetation Archive meeting in Boulder, Colorado 14-16 October, 2014.
A brochure highlighting the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP)
This report describes the progress made since December 2012, when implementation of the CBMP-Freshwater Plan began.
This document identifies marine benthos monitoring possibilities amongst Atlantic Arctic nations by identifying time- and cost-effective possibilities.
This scientific poster, intended for presentations at conferences and meetings, provides an overview of the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan, including key management questions, benefits, and approach.
This document details a list of Arctic marine fishes with geographical characterizations (e.g., arctic, arctic-boreal, boreal). The list contains the most common or officially recommended names in English, French, Norwegian and Russian.
This edition is being used by the CBMPMarine Fish Expert Network as a baseline document which will be revised form time to time to add new species, as they are discovered in the arctic region, and new languages.
The CBMP Terrestrial Expert Monitoring Group (CBMP-TEMG) has developed the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (CBMP-Terrestrial Plan/the Plan) as the framework for coordinated, long-term Arctic terrestrial biodiversity monitoring. The goal of the CBMP-Terrestrial Plan is to improve the collective ability of Arctic traditional knowledge (TK) holders, northern communities, and scientists to detect, understand and report on long-term change in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity.
This next generation CBMP strategic plan will focus on continuing to implement those strategies while allowing for greater emphasis on interpretation, integration and communication of biodiversity information resulting from the CBMP Monitoring Plans. This plan outlines ongoing efforts to establish and maintain steering groups to implement the monitoring plans and manage and provide that information for ongoing and future assessments of Arctic biodiversity.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Whitehorse, Canada October 2013 meeting (2 page Fall format).
Proceedings of the Arctic Vegetation Archive to develop a global database of Arctic vegetation plots.
This document details the CAFF Communications Strategy including goals, audiences and potential techniques to employ to reach audiences. This document is considered a "living" document, subject to frequent changes.
This scientific poster, intended for presentations at conferences and meetings, provides an overview of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan, including the key questions, benefits, and approach.
This document outlines the projects and activities CAFF plans to undertake for the 2013 – 2015 ministerial period.
This document details American involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2012.
This document details Norwegian involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2012.
Available in Norwegian.
This document details Greenlandic involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2012.
This document details Canadian involvement in implementing the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan in 2012.
For more on Canada's implementation of CBMP Marine, please visit the Canadian CBMP-Marine implementation website.
This issue of Ursus, Monograph Series Number 5, 2012 features a Circumpolar Monitoring Framework for Polar Bears produced by the the authors. CAFF facilitated the process.
This one page summary (double-sided) provides an overview of the activities and progress made in 2012 to implement the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan.
As part of the East Asian Flora Symposium, that took place in Vladivostok, Russia, from September 23 to 27 in 2012, a CBVM session was held on Thursday September 27. This documents provides a summary of the discussions and presentations.
Implementation of the CBMP-Marine Plan began in late 2011, and this report describes the progress that has been made during the first year of implementation (2012).
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Stockholm, Sweden March 2013 meeting.
Available in Russian / на русском языке
This document develops an Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (The Freshwater Plan) that details the rationale and framework for improvements related to the monitoring of freshwaters of the circumpolar Arctic, including ponds, lakes, their tributaries and associated wetlands, as well as rivers, their tributaries and associated wetlands. The monitoring framework aims to facilitate circumpolar assessments by providing Arctic countries with a structure and a set of guidelines for initiating and developing monitoring activities that employ common approaches and indicators. The Freshwater Plan is part of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) that is working with partners to harmonize and enhance long-term Arctic biodiversity monitoring efforts in order to facilitate more rapid detection, communication and response to significant trends and pressures.
A compilation of workshop papers, abstracts and summaries of the Circumboreal Vegetation Map (CBVM), the Global Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA), the International Arctic Vegetation Database (IAVD), the red list of vascular plants and development of the Arctic Plant Portal.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Haparanda, Sweden November 2012 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Washington, U.S.A. meeting, November 1999.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Reykjavik, Iceland, September 2003 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Tromso, Norway April 2007 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Oulu, Finland meeting, May 2002.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Nuuk, Greenland September 1997 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Espoo, Finland meeting, November 2001.
Discussion results from a joint meeting between AMAP and CAFF to discuss coordinated monitoring efforts.
An update from the CAFF Working Group after the 9th Annual Meeting, Abisko, Sweden, August 28-30, 2002.
An update from the CAFF Workign Group after the 8th Annual Meeting, Trondheim, Norway, September 6-9, 2000.
An update from the CAFF Working Group after the 7th Annual Meeting, Yellowknife, Canada, April 28-30, 1999.
An update from the CAFF Working Group after the 6th Annual Meeting, Nuuk, Greenland, September 27-30, 1997.
An update from the CAFF Working Group after the 5th Annual Meeting, Rovaniemi, Finland, September 9-11, 1996.
An update from the CAFF Working Group after the 4th Annual Meeting, in Moscow, Russia, September 18-22, 1996.
An update from the CAFF Working Group after the 3rd Annual Meeting, in Reykjavik, Iceland, September 26-28, 1994.
CAFF Board Meeting update from Helsinki, Finland, February 13-15, 2003.
CAFF Board Meeting update from Helsinki, Finland, February 1-3, 2005.
CAFF Board Meeting update from Girdwood, Alaska, March 11-13, 2003.
CAFF Board Meeting update from Akureyri, Iceland, April 9-10, 2002.
CAFF Board Meeting update from the Copenhagen, Denmark meeting, May 8-10, 2000.
CAFF Board Meeting update from the Homer, Alaska meeting, November 18-20, 2003.
CAFF Board Meeting update from the Stockholm, Sweden meeting, April 2-4, 2001.
CAFF Board Meeting update from the Trondheim, Norway meeting, December 13-15, 1999.
CAFF Board Meeting update from the Uppsala, Sweden meeting, August 29-30, 2001.
A document that discusses cooperation and collaboration between AMAP and CAFF on various activities including monitoring and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
CAFF's 2006-2008 workplan.
A list of abstracts and discussion from presentations during the Second International Workshop on Circumpolar Vegetation Classification and Mapping workshop.
A summary of major CAFF activities, projects and programs as discussed at the CAFF Board meeting held in Salekhard, Russia, February 28-March 1, 2012.
CAFF Workplan for 2011-2013.
CAFF Workplan 2009-2011.
CAFF Workplan for 2004-2006.
CAFF's Workplan for 2002-2004.
CAFF workplan for 2000-2002.
CAFF Workplan for 1999-2000.
CAFF workplan 1997-1998.
CAFF's workplan for 1996-1997.
CAFF's workplan for 1995-1996.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Yakutsk, Russia, April 6-7, 2005 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Tórshavn, Faroe Islands October 2010 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Syktyvkar, Russia, April 26-27, 2006 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Svolvær, Norway, April 2008 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Stockholm, Sweden March 2012 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Narvik, Norway, November 2007.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Lulea, Sweden, November 8-9, 2011 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, October 2005 meeting.
Wetlands constitute a large part of the Arctic and their role for sustainable development is critical, as they are directly related to climate change and adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and the livelihood of indigenous and local peoples. The effects of climate change on Arctic wetlands, their biodiversity and functioning are still little understood but can be expected to be considerable. A better understanding is needed in order to increase the resilience of wetland ecosystems. This is one of the reasons why CAFF has undertaken an initiative on enhancing engagement in relation to the roles and functions of Arctic wetlands as a resource to support sustainable development and resilience in the Arctic. The overall goal of the project is to enhance the state of knowledge on resilience and management of Arctic wetlands in response to global change, including changes in climate and land use. The goal includes producing policy recommendations to support measures and further develop management strategies to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services including reduction of anthropogenically induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as improving climate adaptation, and exploring possibilities for sustainable use, especially for indigenous peoples.
The use of wetlands in the Sámi culture is diverse and the use contributes to the biodiversity viaThe use of wetlands in the Sámi culture is diverse and the use contributes to the biodiversity viareindeer trampling and grazing. Some of the traditional use of wetlands has been modified becauseof changes in land area access. Wetlands are important for both the reindeer and humans and animportant factor for reindeer herding strategies. The value of wetlands are defined with a holisticapproach were the wetlands characteristics, connectivity, surrounding area and external factors, asthe weather conditions, determines the value and most strategic and sustainable use of the wetland.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Copenhagen, Denmark November 2009 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Illulisaat, Greenland, April 2010 meeting.
A CAFF progress report to the Senior Arctic Officials at their Kautokeino, Norway November 2008 meeting.
