Arctic Council Working Group Recommendations
| Project | Type | # | Outcome | Report | Year | FEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.1 | Consumptive use:
| International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.2 | Non-consumptive use: 5. Ensure that non-consumptive uses of murres are sustainable. 6. Implement management plans for areas of eco-tourism activity. 7. Implement standard guidelines to minimize the impact of disturbance at murre colonies | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.3 | Commercial activities and industries: 8. Identify, publicize and minimise impacts of commercial activities on murre breeding and foraging areas. 9. Implement programs to reduce oil pollution in areas used by murres. 10. Assess and reduce mortality of murres in commercial fishing gear. 11. Ensure that management of commercial harvests of small fish species provide for their role in murre diets. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.4 | Habitat protection and enhancement 12. Identify important murre colonies and designate them under national and international systems of protected areas. 13. Promote the establishment of marine protected areas in important pelagic habitats for murres. 14. Contribute to the "Important Bird Areas" system to highlight important areas for murres. 15. Explore the establishment of an international network to identify and protect key areas for murres. 16. Ensure that conservation action will benefit populations, by assessing causes of population declines from an ecosystem perspective. 17. Undertake specific restoration activities to assist depressed populations to recover. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.5 | Communications and consultation: 18. Determine appropriate communication approaches and produce materials to deliver specific messages. 19. Emphasize communication to operators of ships at sea, the fishing industry and tour boat operators. 20. Produce educational materials aimed specifically at children. 21. Issue joint scientific reports of activities relating to murre conservation. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.6 | Research and monitoring: 22. Coordinate circumpolar murre population monitoring and store data in standardized databases. 23. Conduct research on population demography at circumpolar monitoring sites. 24. Develop a coordinated circumpolar murre banding program. 25. Monitor murre feeding ecology and food availability. 26. Monitor murre mortality due to oil pollution, commercial fisheries, and hunting. 27. Conduct research to develop techniques to reduce entrapment in fishing nets. 28. Develop management techniques to restore habitats and populations. 29. Consider the effects of global warming and local eutrophication on murre populations. 30. Assess the need to conduct research into the genetics of murre populations. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 4.1 | Priorities: 1. Give high priority to actions addressing significant levels of murre mortality 2. Give high priority to habitat protection for key colonies and foraging areas. 3. Give additional priority to research and monitoring needed to address murre conservation issues. 4. Give additional priority to actions supporting obligations of treaties and agreements. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 4.2 | Collaboration and cooperation: 5. Encourage and assist the development and implementation of national murre conservation plans. 6. Coordinate initiatives among circumpolar countries to address shared murre conservation issues. 7. Ensure the involvement of other jurisdictions and groups necessary to effectively implement this action plan. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 4.3 | Reporting 8. Report annually to CAFF on each nation's progress in implementing this action plan. 9. Meet regularly to revise objectives and actions on the basis of shared information. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| Advice | Develop binding agreements related to the conservation and/or sustainable use of biodiversity. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Develop realistic scenarios to help predict what could happen, given different policy options, in the short term (10 to 15 years) and the long term (over 50 years). | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Develop targets to stimulate actions and against which progress can be measured. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Develop tools for data sharing so that data collected can be used by a wide range of people engaged in Arctic biodiversity science, policy and management. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Expand both the marine and terrestrial protected areas network and monitor its effectiveness at safeguarding biodiversity. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Implement Ecosystem Based Management in marine, terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Include biodiversity as a fundamental component of Environmental Impact Assessment, StrategicEnvironmental Assessment and risk assessment in the Arctic. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Include biodiversity in national accounting so that the true value of healthy Arctic ecosystems is understood, and the true costs of biodiversity loss are accounted for. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Mainstream biodiversity; build partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders to seek innovative solutions and expand the responsibility for taking care of biodiversity. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Advice | Map biodiversity hot spots and biologically and ecologically sensitive areas at a scale appropriate for industry to use in their planning. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |||
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Advice | 1 | Documenting Indigenous Resource Use: Improving documentation of Indigenous resource use may allow management authorities to make decisions that respect and accommodate Indigenous resource use by ensuring that subsistence activities are not unnecessarily impeded by management actions | Arctic Wetlands and Indigenous Peoples Study: An assessment of Indigenous engagement in wetland protected areas | 2021 |