2.2 USA Chairmanship II (April 2015 - 2017): Recent submissions
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Presentations from Juneau 2017 SAO Meeting
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017)Slides from presentations held at the SAO Meeting in Juneau, AK, USA 8 - 9 March 2017. Some of the topics include status updates from the six Arctic Council Working Groups, an update from the Task Force on Telecommunications ... -
Summary report, SAO Plenary meeting, Juneau, Alaska, March 2017
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017)Summary report from plenary session at SAO meeting in Juneau, 8-9 March, 2017. -
U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council Midterm Update
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2016)Midterm report on progress made at the midterm point of the 2015-2017 U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. This document was not a document at the Fairbanks SAO meeting, but has been retroactively archived at the end ... -
Arctic Marine Strategic Plan; Implementation Progress Report; 2015-2017
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-13)The Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Strategic Plan 2015-2025 (AMSP) was approved in April 2016, at the 9th Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, Canada. It provides a framework to guide the Council's actions to protect Arctic ... -
The Ecosystem Approach to Management: Status of Implementation in the Arctic; Conference Summary
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-15)The Ecosystem Approach to Management (EA) is a globally accepted principle, aiming at managing natural resources and the environment on a geographic scale, that suffices to insure sustainability. The EA Conference in ... -
Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Marine Activities; Cover Letter, and Report Part 1: Arctic Council and Indigenous Engagement - A Review
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-15)Significant work has been done in the MEMA project. A database has been compiled with hundreds of documents and individual recommendations, declarations, and requirements. A preliminary analysis has been conducted on these ... -
Arctic Marine Best Practice Information Forum - Terms of Reference
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-15)As the Arctic changes, maritime activity must be carried out in an environmentally sustainable manner to prevent or mitigate any negative social and ecological consequences. Arctic States intend the Best Practice Information ... -
Status on Implementation of the AMSA 2009 Report Recommendations; For the Period March 2015-March 2017
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02)The 2017 Progress report on implementation of the 2009 Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) Recommendations is the fourth effort by the Arctic Council's Working Group on the protection of the Arctic Marine Environment ... -
Arctic Resilience Action Framework; Cooperating for a More Resilient and Prosperous Arctic Region
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-08)The Arctic Resilience Action Framework (ARAF) provides the Arctic Council Member States, Permanent Participants, Working Groups and Observers with a common set of Guiding Principles and Priorities for Action, as well as a ... -
Arctic Resilience Report (ARR): Synthesis for Arctic Leaders (SfAL)
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02)This Synthesis for Arctic Leaders integrates key findings of the Arctic Resilience Report. It identifies critical policy-relevant insights, and points to activities already underway that have demonstrated potential for ... -
The Arctic Council in conferences of Parties of international agreements relevant to its work
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-06)Document introducing discussion on AC participation in international foras. -
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment's Work Plan 2017-2019
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-12)The PAME Work Plan 2017-2019 was developed according to: PAME's mandate; priorities identified and recommendations made in reports and arrangements developed by or negotiated in Arctic Council subsidiary bodies, approved ... -
Arctic Council Status on implementation of the "Framework Plan for Cooperation on Prevention of Oil Pollution from Petroeum and Maritime Activities in the Marine Areas of the Arctic"
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-09)The Framework Plan applies to petroleum and maritime activities in the marine areas of the Arctic that entail a risk of oil pollution to the Arctic marine envioronment. -
ACAP Working Group Report to SAOs, March 2017 in Juneau
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-08)Summary of ACAP's activities, as submitted to the SAO meeting in Juneau, Alaska. -
Standardization as a tool for prevention of oil spills in the Arctic: Summary Report, and Full Report
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-08)The primary focus on the topic of standards was in describing how a new standard is developed and who participates in the process, when and how they are updated, which organizations and industries work to maintain and adopt ... -
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA): Overview reports for; the Barents Area; the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort region; and the Baffin Bay-Davis Strait region
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-07)The three overivew reports are based on the three scientific reports produced for the region, with view to inform in order to assist local decison makers and stakeholders in developing adaptation tools and strategies to ... -
Telecommunications infrastructure in the Arctic: a circumpolar assessment
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-07)This report presents the Task Force's investigation and analysis, including maps showing the extent of telecommunications coverage in each of the eight Arctic Sates. The report also provides an overview of each State's ... -
The Arctic Biodiversity Data Service (ABDS): Progress Report
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02)The ABDS is the online, interoperable data management system for biodiversity data gerated via CAFF. Its goal is to facilitate access, integration, analysis and display of biodiversity information for scientists, and others ... -
2016 EPPR MOSPA TTX After Action Report
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-10)During the TTX, participants shared observations, recommendations and best practices to enhance both the EPPR exercise planning process and the Notification and Request for Assistance process. -
Arctic Ship Traffic Data (ASTD) project: Cover Letter: Information Paper; and MOU regarding Data Sharing
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02)PAME's Arctic Ship Traffic Data project will establish an on-line data repository of reliable, accurate and comprehensive Arctic ship traffic data and related information for use by Arctic States and Arctic Council Working ...