Protected and Important Areas

 

Recent Submissions

  • CPAN Country Updates Report 2004 

    CAFF (2004)
    An update report describing actions taken by the CAFF countries to establish new protected areas since the publication of the 1997 CPAN Progress Report.

  • CPAN Principles and Guidelines 

    CAFF (1996)
    Principles and guidelines to facilitate a common regional approach to area protection among the eight Arctic countries and to selecting and designing important sites within the Arctic.

  • CPAN Strategy and Action Plan 

    CAFF (1996)
    This document will facilitate the implementation of initiatives under the Circumpolar Protected Areas Network (CPAN) to establish an adequate and well managed network of protected areas that have a high probability of ...

  • Arctic Marine Areas of Heightened Ecological and Cultural Significance: Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) IIC 

    AMAP; CAFF; SDWG (2013)
    AMAP/CAFF/SDWG, 2013. Identification of Arctic marine areas of heightened ecological and cultural significance: Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) IIc. Oslo. 114 pp.

  • Arctic Protected Areas; Indicator Report, 2017 

    Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME); Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment, 2017-05-11)
    CAFF and PAME Working Groups of the Arctic Council developed this indicator report. It provides an overview of the status and trends of protected areas in the Arctic.

  • Arctic Biodiversity Congress, 2014: Co-Chairs Report 

    Smith, R.; Barry, T.; Katerås, F. (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2014-12)
    The Co-Chairs Report from the Arctic Biodiversity Congress, held December 2-4, 2014.

  • Arctic Biodiversity Assesment. Synthesis 

    Meltofte, Hans; Barry, Tom; Berteaux, Dominique; Bültmann, Helga; Christiansen, Jørgen S.; Cook, Joseph A.; Dahlberg, Anders; Daniëls, Fred J. A.; Ehrich, Dorothee; Fjeldså, Jon; Friðriksson, Finnur; Ganter, Barbara; Gaston, Anthony J.; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Grenoble, Lenore; Hoberg, Eric P.; Hodkinson, Ian D.; Huntington, Henry P.; Ims, Rolf A.; Josefson, Alf B.; Kutz, Susan J.; Kuzmin, Sergius L.; Laidre, Kristin L.; Lassuy, Dennis R.; Lewis, Patrick N.; Lovejoy, Connie; Michel, Christine; Mokievsky, Vadim; Mustonen, Tero; Payer, David C.; Poulin, Michael; Reid, Donald G.; Reist, James D.; Tessler, David F.; Wrona, Frederick J. (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2013)
    Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013: Synthesis. A stand alone synthesis document summarizing the characteristcs of Arctic biodiversity, human use of wildlife over time, status and trends in Arctic biodiversity, stressors ...

  • National Principles and Mechanisms for Protected Areas in the Arctic Countries 

    Belikov, Stanislas; Legare, Gregg J. (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 1996-03)
    The paper is a review of the principles, mechanisms and criteria used by CAFF countries to establish protected areas. It is based on responses to the Russian/CAFF Secretariat questionnaire on the subject from seven of ...

  • Gaps in Habitat Protected in the Circumpolar Arctic: A Preliminary Analysis 

    Lysenko, I. G.; Green, M.J.B.; Luxmoore, R.A.; Carey-Noble, C.L.; Kaitala, S. (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Russian Federation, 1996)
    This report compiles information on proposed protected areas and an analysis of gaps in the network of existing and proposed protected areas using Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques.