Expert Groups
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CAFF may establish expert groups with specific mandates related to key activities. These expert groups ensure that scientists, conservationists, and managers have a forum to promote, facilitate, and coordinate conservation, management, and research activities of mutual concern. These groups have been invaluable in synthesising, coordinating and publishing research.
Collections in this community
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CAFF's Flora Group (CFG)
Reports and Assessments from the Circumpolar Flora Group (CFG) -
Circumpolar Protected Areas Network (CPAN)
Reports and Assessments from the Circumpolar Protected Areas Network (CPAN) Expert Group -
Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group (CBird)
Reports and Assessments from the Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group (CBird)
Recent Submissions
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International Black-legged Kittiwake Conservation Strategy and Action Plan
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)The goal of this strategy and action plan is to facilitate circumpolar implementation of initiatives to conserve and protect the circumpolar kittiwake population. The plan is developed by the Circumpolar Seabird Expert ... -
What’s the catch with lumpsuckers? A North Atlantic study of seabird bycatch in lumpsucker gillnet fisheries
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)This factsheet presents the findings of the first effort to quantify the potential impacts on seabird populations of a species-specific fishing activity across its entire range. It provides an understanding of the overall ... -
Quantifying the relative impact of hunting and oiling on Brünnich’s guillemots in the North-west Atlantic
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)Brünnich’s guillemot is an abundant pan-Arctic seabird, but several Atlantic breeding populations are declining by up to 6% per year. They are subject to traditional hunting in the wintering areas off west Greenland ... -
2021 SAMBR Update - Seabirds
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)In 2017, the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report (SAMBR) synthesized data about biodiversity in Arctic marine ecosystems around the circumpolar Arctic. SAMBR highlighted observed changes and relevant monitoring ... -
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP - CAFF FLORA GROUP. CIRCUMBOREAL VEGETATION MAPPING WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 2008
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2010-08)Discussed progress on the Circumboreal Vegetation Map (CBVM) project including the project proposal, organization chart, thematic composition, timeline and project leadership. -
Papers from the CAFF Flora Group (CFG) and Circumboreal Vegetation Map (CBVM). Workshops: 2009-2010
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2011-01)A compilation of abstracts presented at the meeting on topics including the Circumboreal Vegetation Mapping (CBVM) project, Red Lists, and database development. -
Proceedings of the 7th International Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF). Flora Group Workshop: Akureyri, Iceland, January 28-February 3, 2011
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2012-08)A compilation of workshop papers, abstracts and summaries of the Circumboreal Vegetation Map (CBVM), the Global Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA), the International Arctic Vegetation Database (IAVD), the ... -
Synthesis of the Circumboreal Vegetation Mapping (CBVM) legend discussion in Vladivostok, Russia, September 23- October 4, 2012
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2013-02)As part of the East Asian Flora Symposium, that took place in Vladivostok, Russia, from September 23 to 27 in 2012, a CBVM session was held on Thursday September 27. This documents provides a summary of the discussions and ... -
Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA) Workshop. Krakow, Poland, April 14-16, 2013
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2013-09)Proceedings of the Arctic Vegetation Archive to develop a global database of Arctic vegetation plots. -
Proceedings of the Alaska Arctic Vegetation Archive Workshop. Boulder, Colorado, USA October 14-16, 2013
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2014-02)"Alaskan Arctic vegetation scientists met in Boulder, Colorado, 14-16 October 2013, to discuss an Alaska Arctic Vegetation Archive (AAVA). The archive will contain species and environmental data for most of the documented ... -
Circumboreal Vegetation Map (CBVM): Mapping the Green Halo Concept Paper
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2011-10)The CBVM is a subgroup of vegetation scientists within the CAFF Flora Group and the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) devoted to mapping the vegetation of the boreal region. Currently, vegetation maps ... -
Arctic Seabirds Breeding in the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) Area: Status and Trends
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2011-03)This report summarizes population status and trends for 19 populations of Arctic seabirds. It is compiled as an input to the 2012 African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) Report on the Conservation Status of Migratory ... -
Pan-Arctic Checklist of Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2010-07)A complete list of Arctic lichens and lichenicolous fungi in support of the development of a list of rare and endemic lichens of the Arctic. Such a list has been developed for vascular plants. -
Seabird Harvest in the Arctic
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2008-09)As assessment of seabird harvest in the Arctic by the Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird). Whether seabird harvest is a real conservation concern is often not addressed or poorly documented in the circumpolar region due ... -
International Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy and Action Plan
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2008-09)An Internaitonal Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy and Action Plan developed to gain more insight into how this under-studied bird responds to increasing threats from disappearance of sea ice habitat, natural resource ... -
Framework for a Circumpolar Arctic Seabird Monitoring Network
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2008-09)A framework document for developing an integrated monitoring framework for seabirds. The document outlines the findings of the CBird expert group in the development of a Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Network. -
Aleut Ethnobotany: An Annotated Bibliography
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2006-10)An initial examination of the literature pertaining to the traditional, historical, and contemporary Aleut use of plant resources. -
Distribution of Murres Outside the Breeding Season: Circumpolar Murre Banding Program
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2004)A proposal for a co-operative banding (called ringing in the UK) project between the Arctic countries, which are responsible for the total breeding population of Thick-billed Murres (called Brünnich’s Guillemots in the UK) ... -
Values of Arctic Protected Areas: A Summary
(Published by Parks Canada on behalf of the Conservation of Flora and Fauna Program of the Arctic Council. This publication was made possible by funding assistance from Environment Canada., 2002)Descriptions of the natural physical, natural ecological, economic, cultural, subsistence use, educations, landscape, societal, scientific and recreational values of Arctic protected areas. -
Protected Areas of the Arctic: Conserving a Full Range of Values
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2002)A report discussing the multitude of values found in Arctic protected areas. It presents case studies that demonstrate how protected areas conserve such values. The case studies also show that protected areas in the Arctic ...
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