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Item Marine Protected Areas in a Changing Arctic(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)Item Indigenous Food Security in the Arctic(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)Item Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Marine Activities(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)This Reference Guide is meant to familiarize proponents of actions or activities in the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples and local communities with good practices for meaningful engagement. It is based on the Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Marine Activities (MEMA) Part II Report by the Protection of Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group. The Reference Guide connects to the findings of the MEMA Part II Report and to the MEMA Database containing over 700 documents related to engagement practices around the Arctic which can be used to further inform proponents and Indigenous Peoples and local communities of good practices and key lessons for meaningful engagement.Item Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA): Updated Recommendations(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)Arctic Ministers approved the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) Report and its 17 Recommendations at the 2009 Tromsø Ministerial Meeting. The Recommendations – which continue to guide PAME’s shipping-related work – have now been updated to reflect progress, developments, and changes since first being released.Item Arctic Council-Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission (ARHC) Joint Policy Statement on Hydrography in the Arctic(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)On May 20, 2021, the Arctic Council and the Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission (ARHC) released a Joint Statement on Hydrography in the Arctic Region. The Joint Statement highlights the importance of hydrography in the Arctic region to safe and sustainable maritime navigation. The Joint Statement recommends that the governments of the Arctic States review, update and improve existing, and collect new, bathymetry and hydrographic data in the Arctic region. Second, it encourages these governments to find additional resources to strengthen hydrographic surveying and charting in the Arctic region. The Joint Statement identifies several ways each of these recommendations may be pursued.