Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program Strategic Plan: 2018-2021

Abstract

The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) is the biodiversity monitoring program of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF1), the biodiversity Working Group of the Arctic Council. The CBMP coordinates, collects and synthesizes existing monitoring data from the Arctic States. This Strategic Plan is intended to explain the overarching goals of the CBMP for the period 2018-2021, and to outline actions to deliver on those goals It will guide the management of the program and help ensure the program’s continued relevance to the needs of the Arctic States, Permanent Participants, scientific and Arctic communities, and other partners.