Arctic Council Working Group Recommendations
| Project | Type | # | Outcome | Report | Year | FEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Goal | Youth are engaged in the work of CAFF and in Arctic biodiversity conservation to their full potential. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | ||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Goal | Youth voices and perspectives are empowered to advance the goals of CAFF in the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, international collaboration, and raising public awareness of Arctic issues. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | ||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Goal | Arctic youth are given access to diverse learning and leadership opportunities in which their perspectives are valued and respected, and their skills and effectiveness are expanded. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | ||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Goal | Opportunities for youth engagement and increasing levels of leadership continue to expand. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | ||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Goal | Arctic youth are engaged in conservation, raising public awareness, and promoting Arctic biodiversity in their own home countries and in collaboration with other Arctic nations. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | ||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Increase opportunities for youth to engage meaningfully with the work of CAFF, including but not limited to:
| CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | |||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Increase numbers of youth engaged and actively participating and strive for diverse representation of youth from all Arctic nations, and beyond. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | |||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Facilitate long-term youth engagement opportunities and continuity or linkages between programs where it makes sense. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | |||
| Inspiring Arctic Voices Through Youth | Foster collaborations such as exchanges, meetings, or training with important Indigenous constituencies through the permanent participants and their associated youth programs. | CAFF Arctic Youth Engagement Strategy: 2021-2026 | 2021 | |||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.1 | Ensure sustainable harvest. 1.1.1. Regulate hunting/harvest of adults to ensure sustainable outtake, and to implement hunting/harvest moratorium for populations in decline. 1.1.2. Reduce bycatch in hunting and accidental harvest. 1.1.3. Monitor harvest of kittiwakes and conduct surveys to assess the impact on populations. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.2 | Reduce the threat from illegal killing. 1.2.1 Support education materials and/or law enforcement efforts in support of existing regulations to prevent illegal killing | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.3 | Reduce the threat from environmental pollution.1.3.1. Collaborate with the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) to study and monitor contaminants that potentially can cause mortality or reproduction problems and seek ways to reduce their adverse impacts. 1.3.2. Improve techniques and procedures preventing oil spills at sea (operational, accidental and chronical) and/or reducing ecological consequences. 1.3.3. Introduce ship traffic regulations in order to facilitate a shift to light fuel in sensitive areas. Encourage adoption andimplementation of a ban to use heavy oil fuel in Artic waters by International Maritime Organization (IMO). | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.4 | Reduce predation. 1.4.1 Remove non-native predators in key breeding colonies. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.5 | Improve the understanding of large-scale ecosystem effects of climate change by using the kittiwakeas a model species.1.5.1 Improve the understanding of the ecosystem effects of fisheries interactions and how to adjust maximum sustainable yields in terms of climate-induced changes in the food web that leads to insufficient food supply for adults. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.6 | Increase understanding of impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs), either through kittiwake food or direct contact with toxins associated with HABs. 1.6.1. Establish monitoring practices to track presence of HABs in marine environments and prey used by kittiwake. Conduct tests to determine dose levels of HABs toxins that affect kittiwake behavior or health, using proxy species where applicable. Work to reduce sources of HABs, such as nearshore development or discharge. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.7 | Reduce the negative impact of commercial fisheries on adult survival. 1.7.1. (Connected to 1.5.1.) Address how to develop sustainable commercial fisheries considering the added effects of rapid ecosystem changes due to climate change. 1.7.2. Ensure that the management of commercial fisheries on key prey species as well as key ecosystem components is based on best available knowledge and a precautionary approach. 1.7.3. Assess and reduce bycatch in commercial fishing activities, in possible collaboration with AMBI. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.8 | Minimize adverse effects ofhuman activities. 1.8.1. Evaluate effects of detrimental human activity on kittiwakes and prepare guidelines to industry operations to minimize their impacts on kittiwakes. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.9 | Monitor occurrence ofdiseases in seabird populations. 1.9.1. Monitor bird flu and other diseases and minimize their impacts. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 1.1 | Avoid constructing windfarms near breeding and foraging sites. 1.10.1. Ensure key feeding grounds and breeding sites are identified and taken into account in environmental risk assessmentsof the development of wind farms (on land or at sea). | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 | ||
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | 2.1 | Ensure sustainable harvest. 2.1.1. Strict regulations of egg collecting; collaboration options with AMBI should be considered. | International Black-legged Kittiwake - Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2021 |