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Item Actions for Arctic Biodiversity 2025-2035(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, 2025-05-12) Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna; Helgason, HólmgrímurIn 2021, the Arctic Council Ministers and Permanent Participants approved the Arctic Council Strategic Plan 2021-2030 which lays out the Council’s Strategic Vision for the Arctic and the Arctic Council in 2030, including that:“The Arctic will be a region where it is firmly established that healthy ecosystems and habitats are of critical importance and the uniqueness and fragility of the Arctic environment is respected by all in the region and beyond.” (Arctic Council, 2021)Item State of the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021) CAFFThe State of the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Report (START) is a product of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) Terrestrial Group of the Arctic Council’s Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group. The overall goal of the START is to assess the status and trends of terrestrial Focal Ecosystem Components (FECs)—including species of vegetation, arthropods, birds and mammals—across the Arctic, and identify gaps in monitoring coverage towards implementation of the CBMP’s Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (CBMP Terrestrial Plan). This report is a summary of key findings and advice for monitoring based on the START.Item Actions for Arctic Biodiversity: Progress Report 2019-2021(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) CAFFThis report provides an overview of work on biodiversity in the Arctic Council and in particular in CAFF and how this work can influence change. The report also includes a status on progress towards implementation of the current Actions for Biodiversity.Item Plastic ingestion by seabirds in the circumpolar Arctic: A review(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) CAFFPlastic ingestion by seabirds in the circumpolar Arctic: A reviewItem Developing a Program to Monitor Plastic Pollution in Seabirds in the Pan-Arctic Region(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05) CAFFDeveloping a program to monitor plastic pollution in seabirds in the pan-Arctic region.