Browsing 4. SAO Meeting, 19 - 20 November 2008, Kautokeino, Norway by Issue Date
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Bering Sea Sub-Network Annual Report 2008 (Aleut International Association), CAFF Technical report No.17.
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2008)The Bering Sea Sub-Network: International Community-Based Environmental Observation Alliance for the Arctic Observing Network, known as BSSN, is a 2008-09 International Polar Year project implemented by the Aleut International ... -
Summary Recommendations: Addressing Short-Lived Forcers of Arctic Warming and Melting. AMAP Workshop on Non-CO2 Forcers Oslo, Norway, September 15-16, 2008.
(Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2008)Summary Recommendations addressing Short-Lived Forcers of Arctic Warming and Melting from AMAPs Workshop on Non-CO2 Forcers Oslo, Norway, September 15 - 16, 2008. Delivered to SAOs at the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic ... -
CAFF Progress Report. Kautokeino, November 2008.
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2008)Arctic Council working group Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)s report to SAOs from the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Kautokeino, Norway, November 19-20 2008. -
Concept for an Arctic Search and Rescue Memorandum of Understanding.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)"Due to the increased melting of sea ice in the Arctic and other factors, human activity has started to increase in the region, a trend that is certain to continue. For example, ship-borne tourism to the Arctic has already ... -
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic (VACCA): An analysis of the scoping study data.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2008)The Declaration from the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting held in Salekhard, Russia in October 2006 states that the Ministers: Request the SAOs to direct the SDWG, drawing on the expertise of other Working Groups, ... -
Common Concern for the Arctic. Conference arranged by the Nordic Council of Ministers 9–10 September 2008, Ilulissat, Greenland. Conference report.
(Nordic Council of Ministers, 2008)Developments in the Arctic are increasingly a subject for political dialogue and policy discussion in global and regional fora and within individual states. There is an obvious need for coordinated international action to ... -
EPPR NEW PROJECT. DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY SYSTEMS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS IN THE ARCTIC. PROJECT PROPOSAL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)The Arctic is an area of potential large-scale economic activities of production, processing and transportation of mineral raw materials conducted in a sensitive environment. Considerable risks of emergencies exist due to ... -
SDI Principles implemented in the Barents Euro Arctic Region - the obvious basis for building an Arctic SDI -.
(European Union; GIT Barents; KOLARCTIC, 2008)"In August 2007 the First International Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications / IPY GeoNorth held in Yellowknife, Canada, presented the idea of creating Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI), ... -
PAME PROGRESS REPORT TO SENIOR ARCTIC OFFICIALS. 19-20 November 2008, Kautokeino, Norway.
(Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), 2008)Arctic Council working group Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)s report to SAOs, submitted at the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Kautokeino, Norway, November 19-20 2008. -
Memorandum of Understanding between the Arctic Council Permanent Participants and the Arctic Council Member States (DRAFT).
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)Draft for a Memorandum of Understanding between the Arctic Council's Permanent Participants and MemberSstates, concerning the role of the Permanent Participants in the management of the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat. ... -
Maximizing the Legacy of IPY in the Arctic. Proposal for the Arctic Council.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)The 4th International Polar Year 2007-2008 is the largest international research cooperation program ever launched, involving several tens of thousands of scientists on a global scale. IPY aims at making new important ... -
STATEMENT by Patricia A. L. Cochran Chair, Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat and Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)"I'd like to take the short time allocated to me here to remind all of us that the partnership between Arctic governments and Indigenous Peoples is strong, unique, and fruitful. Because of the groundbreaking agreement that ... -
Update on PSI Regarding operationalisation of the Project Support Instrument and to enable SAO Progress Report, on the PSI, to the 7th Ministerial Meeting 2009.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)"The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council (AC) in Reykjavik (November 24, 2004) requested the Senior Arctic Officials (“SAOs”) to establish a pilot phase of the Arctic Council Project Support Instrument ("PSI"). ... -
Report from the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group to the SAO Meeting in Kautokeino, Norway November 19 – 20, 2008.
(Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR), 2008)Arctic Council working group Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)s report to SAOs, submitted at the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Kautokeino, Norway, November 19-20 2008. -
Considerations for Black Carbon within the Arctic Council Process
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)"Black carbon (BC) emissions are known to lead to negative health effects as a component of fine particulate matter (PM). BC emissions also lead to climate warming by absorbing incoming and reflected sunlight in the ... -
Rules of procedure for the PSI Committee.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)Draft for Rules of Procedure for the PSI Committee, submitted by NEFCO to the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Kautokeino, Norway, November 19-20 2008. -
Final draft Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines (2009). (DRAFT)
(Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), 2008)These Guidelines are intended to be of use to the Arctic nations for offshore oil and gas activities during planning, exploration, development, production and decommissioning Recommendations on the transportation of oil ... -
Recommendations for Safe and Expeditious use of Unmanned Aircraft to Take Critical Environmental Measurements in the Arctic: Results of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program Workshop of Scientists and Aviation Authorities from the Arctic Countries. Oslo, October, 2008.
(Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2008)Unmanned aircraft have been in use for decades, making tremendous advancements over the past fifteen years. While primarily developed for other purposes, this technology can offer tremendous opportunities for gathering ... -
Observed Best Practices in Ecosystem-based Oceans Management in the Arctic Countries.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2008)The need for oceans management based on an ecosystem approach is widely recognized by the international community, as reflected in calls for the implementation of the ecosystem approach by 2010 in the 2002 Johannesburg ... -
Draft SDWG Energy Report to Ministers November 2008.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2008)This report is not intended as a comprehensive assessment of Arctic energy resources, nor of the impacts of Arctic energy development on the natural and human environments in the circumpolar region. Rather, it is intended ...
