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Item CAFF Expert Group Charters (CFG, CPAN and CBird)(1992) CAFFOutlines the goals, objectives, and descriptions of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Expert Working Groups: CAFF's Flora Group (CFG), the Circumpolar Seabird Working Group (CBird), the Circumpolar Protected Areas Network (CPAN).Item CAFF Framework Document(1992) CAFFA framework document for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) that outlines CAFF goals, mandate, functions, operating principles, management and implementation, reporting, and resources.Item CAFF Operating Guidelines(1992) CAFFThe operating guidelines of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) including the management, role of the international secretariat, role and management of CAFF meetings, subgroups, activities and projects, proposal review and approval, meeting document management, and reporting.Item Cooperative Strategy for the Conservation of Biological Diversity(1997) CAFFProvides an overall conservation framework for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and strategic direction relating to the goals of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, in recognition that the objectives of the organisations are complementary to each other. Produced after Arctic Ministers at Nuuk (1993) requested CAFF to suggest ways how to facilitate cooperation among member countries for advancing the goals of the CBD in the Arctic region.Item Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Arctic Biological Diversity(1998) CAFFAt the Ministerial meeting in Alta, Norway (1997), Ministers welcomed the Cooperative Strategy for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Arctic Region and noted the intention of CAFF to give it effect through the development of a Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Arctic Biological Diversity, a long-term plan based on the five priority objectives extracted from the Cooperative Strategy: -Enhance efforts to monitor Arctic biodiversity, paying particular attention to species, populations, habitats and ecosystems which are of the greatest ecological, cultural, social, economic or scientific value -Support and implement measures for the conservation of Arctic genetic resources, species and their habitats -Establish protected areas in the Arctic region where they contribute to the conservation of ecosystems, habitats and species -Manage activities outside of protected areas in order to maintain the ecological integrity of protected areas and to ensure the conservation of biodiversity -Enhance integration of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives into sectoral and cross-sectoral plans and policies. Identify approaches and develop strategies by which information on the conservation of Arctic biological diversity can be made available in an appropriate manner to those making socio-economic decisions