Marine Protected Areas

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    Synthesis Report on Ecosystem Status, Human Impacts and Management Measures in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO-SR)
    (2025-05-12) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
    Recognizing the importance of understanding the current and future state of the marine ecosystem in the Central Arctic Ocean, Arctic Council Ministers adopted the 2021 Arctic Council Strategic Plan that outlined the goal of “Synthesizing relevant information on the status, trends and projected changes in the Central Arctic Ocean, human activities and pressures in the area, and the current management measures in place in order to inform future policy and decision making.” The CAO-SR undertakes to respond to the above goal, with the express purpose of synthesizing existing information in order to inform future decisions around the Central Arctic Ocean.
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    Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Arctic Marine Environment
    (Arctic Council Secreteriat, 2025-05-12) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME); Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
    This report explores the concept of Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Arctic Marine Environment, highlighting the importance of recognizing conservation efforts other than protected areas to enhance biodiversity. The report offers an overview of international and national criteria for identifying OECMs and acknowledges the importance of Indigenous sustainable management practices, which in some cases may be identified as OECMs.
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    Framework for a Panarctic Marine Conservation Network
    (2025-05-12) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
    This framework for a Pan-Arctic marine conservation network was first published in 2015, and is now updated. The framework sets out a common vision for international cooperation in conservation network development and management, based on best practices and previous Arctic Council initiatives, with the aim to inform the development of conservation networks under the national jurisdiction of the Arctic States.
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    MPA Workshop reports
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    Status and Trends for Arctic Conservation Measures
    (CAFF / PAME, 2023-11-01) Barry, Tom; Helgason, Hólmgrímur; Guðmundsdóttir, Soffía; Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF); Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
    The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) working groups of the Arctic Council developed this update on the 2017 indicator report (CAFF-PAME 2017). It provides an overview of the status and trends of protected areas in the Arctic and an overview of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures. The data used represents the results of the 2020 update to the Arctic Protected Areas Database submitted by each of the Arctic Council member states. This report uses the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) definition for protected areas (Box 1) which includes a wide range of Management Categories – from strict nature reserves to protection with sustainable use. Consequently, the level of protection and governance of these areas varies throughout the circumpolar region.