Communities in Arctic Council Archive
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Reports and Assessments of the ACAP Working Group
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Dioxins/Furans
Brief information about ACAP reports and initiatives
Subsidiary body of ACAP
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Mercury
Procedural documents such as mandates and terms of reference
Reports and Assessments on the topic of SLCFC
Reports and Assessments of the AMAP Working Group
Reports and Assessments of the CAFF Working Group
Reports and Assessments from the CAFF Administrative Series
Report and Assessments from the Assessment Series
All CAFF assessment documents
Documents from the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment
Assessments from the Arctic Species Trend Index
Access documents from the Arctic Sea Ice Associated Biodiversity Assessment
Educational tool kits exploring major ecosystems and processes of the Arctic.
Access all leader's manuals and pocket guides here in A4 (international) and letter (North American) sizes.
Learn about the creepy crawlies and the birds, fish and foxes that make up Arctic ponds.
Explore what makes this season burst to life!
Reports and Assessments from the CAFF Expert Groups
Reports and Assessments from the Circumpolar Flora Group (CFG)
Reports and Assessments from the Circumpolar Protected Areas Network (CPAN) Expert Group
Reports and Assessments from the Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group (CBird)
Reports and Assessment from the Monitoring Series
Access all monitoring related documents from CAFF
Access community based monitoring strategies, handbooks and more
Data and data management documents from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) and CAFF
Documents from the Freshwater Expert Network of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP)
Documents from the Marine Expert Network of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP)
Access protected areas documents from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP)
Documents from the Terrestrial Expert Network of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Program (CBMP)
Reports and Assessments from the Strategies Series
Access all strategies documents from CAFF
Reports and Assessments of the EPPR Working Group
Reports from Exercises
Reports and Assessments on the topic of oil spill response
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Radiation
Procedural documents such as mandates and terms of reference
Additional work related to analyses and assessments.
Reports and Assessments of the PAME Working Group
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Marine Shipping
Reports and Assessments from the Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Marine Tourism
Guidelines on the topic of Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas
Reports and Assessments from the Ecosystem Approach
Including strategies and work plans.
Reports and Assessments from the Arctic Ocean Review (AOR)
Reports and assessments of the SDWG Working Group
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Adaptation to Climate Change
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Cultures and Languages
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Human Health.
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Socio-Economic Issues
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Energy and Arctic Communities
Reports and Assessments on the topic of Management of Natural Resources
Arctic Council Declarations and SAO reports adopted at Ministerial Meetings.
Declarations and SAO reports adopted at Ministerial Meetings
Documents and statements from Arctic Council Deputy Ministers' Meetings.
Documents and statements from Environment Ministers' Meetings.
Expert Groups and other initiatives of the Arctic Council
Thematic work on Resilience performed under the auspices of the Arctic Council.
The expert group was established at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Iqaluit 24 April 2015.
Documents from the Ecosystem-Based Management Expert Group
A selection of featured Arctic Council documents
Research and reports assessing the state of the Arctic environment.
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Featured documents
Documents and deliverables from Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings.
Documents relating to the Arctic Council Observer states and organizations.
Reports submitted by the Arctic Council Observers.
Observer reports submitted during the US Chairmanship (2015-2017)
Observer review documents submitted during the Finnish Chairmanship (2017-2019)
Observer review documents submitted during the Icelandic Chairmanship (2019-2021)
Review documents submitted by the Arctic Council Observers.
Observer reports submitted during the US Chairmanship (2015-2017)
Observer review documents submitted during the Finnish Chairmanship (2017-2019)
Observer review documents submitted during the Icelandic Chairmanship (2019-2021)
Guidelines and procedural documents with relevance to the Arctic Council Observers.
Documents from special session meetings with Arctic Council Observers.
Procedural documents, communication and outreach plans, and Arctic Council Secretariat documents
Strategies and implementation plans
Documents from the bi-annual Senior Arctic Officials' meetings
Documents from the Inauguration.
Documents from SAO Meeting, 3 - 6 May 1999, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting, 18 - 19 November 1999, Washington DC, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting, 27 - 28 April 2000, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting, 12 - 13 June, Rovaniemi, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 6 - 7 November 2001, Espoo, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 15 - 16 May 2002, Oulu, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 7 - 8 October 2002, Inari, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 9 - 10 April 2003, Reykjavik, Iceland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 23 - 24 October 2003, Svartsengi, Iceland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 4 - 5 May 2004, Selfoss, Iceland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 23 - 24 November 2004, Reykjavik, Iceland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 6 - 7 April 2005, Yakutsk, Russia
Documents from SAO Meeting, 12 - 14 October 2005, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Documents from SAO Meeting, 26 - 27 April 2006, Syktyvkar, Russia
Documents from SAO Meeting, 12 - 13 April 2007, Tromsø, Norway
Documents from SAO Meeting, 28 - 29 November, 2007, Narvik, Norway
Documents from SAO Meeting, 23 - 24 April 2008, Svolvær, Norway
Documents from SAO Meeting, 19 - 20 November 2008, Kautokeino, Norway
Documents from SAO Meeting, 12 February 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Documents from SAO Meeting, 12 - 13 November, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Documents from SAO Meeting, 28 - 29 April 2010, Ilulissat, Greenland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 19 - 20 October 2010, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Documents from SAO Meeting, 16 - 17 March 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Documents from SAO Meeting, 8 - 9 November 2011, Luleå, Sweden
Documents from SAO Meeting, 28 - 29 March 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Documents from SAO Meeting, 14 - 15 Nov 2012, Haparanda, Sweden
Documents from SAO Meeting, March 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
Documents from SAO Meeting, 22 - 23 October 2013, Whitehorse, Canada
Documents from SAO Meeting, 26 - 27 March 2014, Yellowknife, Canada
Documents from SAO Meeting, 22 - 23 October 2014, Yellowknife, Canada
Documents from SAO Meeting, 4 - 5 March 2015, Whitehorse, Canada
Documents from SAO Meeting, 21 - 22 October 2015, Anchorage, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting, 16 - 17 March 2016, Fairbanks, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting, 5 - 6 October 2016, Portland, ME, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting 8 - 9 March 2017, Juneau, AK, USA
Documents from SAO Meeting 25-26 October 2017, Oulu, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting 22-23 March 2018, Levi, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 30 October - 2 November 2018, Rovaniemi, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 13-14 March 2019, Ruka, Finland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 19-21 November 2019, Hveragerði, Iceland
Documents from SAO Meeting, 17-19 November 2020, Virtual
Documents from the SMM Fall 2020 webinar series.
Documents from SAO Meeting, 16-18 March 2021, Virtual
Meeting documents
Task Forces of the Arctic Council
SCTF will work towards an arrangement on improved scientific research cooperation among the eight Arctic States. It had its first meeting in December 2013 and will report to Ministerial Meeting in 2015. The Task Force is co-chaired by Russia, Sweden and the United States.
At the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Iqaluit 24 April 2015 a Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation was formed. The mandate is to consider future needs for strengthened cooperation on Arctic marine areas, as well as mechanisms to meet these needs, and to made recommendations on the nature and scope of any such mechanisms.
The main tasks of TFOPP are to identify how best the Arctic Council can contribute to marine oil pollution prevention in the Arctic, to recommend a concrete plan of action, and, as appropriate, to develop cooperative arrangements to implement the Action Plan. TFOPP held its first two meetings in Oslo, Norway and Reykjavik, Iceland in 2014. It will deliver its recommendations to the Ministerial Meeting in 2015, although a renewal of its mandate is possible. Norway and Russia are co-chairing the Task Force.
The mandate of the TFBCM is to develop arrangements on actions to achieve enhanced black carbon and methane emission reductions in the Arctic. The Task Force had its first meeting in September 2013 and will report to the Ministerial Meeting in 2015. Canada and Sweden are the chairs of TFBCM.
The Task Force on Improved Connectivity in the Arctic (Task Force) started its work in Helsinki in November 2017
The Task Force on Search and Rescue received its mandate in the Tromsø Declaration on the occasion of the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in April 2009 in Tromsø (Norway), where the ministers approved “the establishment of a task force to develop and complete negotiation by the next Ministerial meeting in 2011 of an international instrument on cooperation on search and rescue operations in the Arctic”.
The task force was established with the 2009 Tromsø Declaration and focused initially on black carbon. The Task Force was requested to continue its work on short lived climate forcers and focused on methane and tropospheric ozone, as well as further black carbon work where necessary and provided a report to the Ministerial Meeting in 2013.
The Task Force on Telecommunications Infrastructure in the Arctic (TFTIA) was established by Ministers of the Arctic Council States at the Iqaluit 2015 Ministerial meeting. The Task Force, co-chaired by Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark, has the mandate to “…develop a circumpolar infrastructure assessment as a first step in exploring ways to improve telecommunications in the Arctic”. The Task Force is charged to report to Ministers in 2017.