Browsing 09. Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, Canada, April 24-25 2015 by Issue Date
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Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program Strategic Plan: 2013-2017
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2013-10)This next generation CBMP strategic plan will focus on continuing to implement those strategies while allowing for greater emphasis on interpretation, integration and communication of biodiversity information resulting ... -
Life Linked to Ice. A guide to sea-ice-associated biodiversity in this time of rapid change.
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2013-10)Life Linked to Ice examines the consequences for biodiversity of the dramatic changes occurring to sea ice. It was prepared by the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna working group (CAFF), and both draws from and builds ... -
Exercise Assessing Consequences and Responding to Radiation Emergency in the North-West Region of Russia.
(Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR), 2014)In 1996, after several years of cooperation and scientific strategy development, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States established the Arctic Council to provide ... -
Reduction of Black Carbon Emissions from Residential Wood Combustion in the Arctic. Black Carbon Inventory, Abatement Instruments and Measures.
(Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP), 2014)This ACAP report on the reduction of black carbon emissions from residential wood combustion was initiated in 2010 and officially approved by ACAP WG in 2012. The project presents a description of the status in Norway, ... -
Экономическая выгода, социальная польза и сокращение выбросов: опыт обновления автопарка ПАО «Мурманскавтотранс».
(2014)"Загрязнение воздуха создает серьезные проблемы для здоровья людей, экологии и экономики в крупных мегаполисах, средних и даже небольших городах, а также вносит вклад в глобальные климатические изменения. Общепризнано, что ... -
Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines. Systems Safety Management and Safety Culture. Avoiding Major Disasters in Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Operations.
(Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), 2014-03)The Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines (AOOGG): Systems Safety Management and Safety Culture, was organized as a project under the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group of the Arctic Council. ... -
Arctic Exercise: After Action Report. On the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic.
(EPPR Secretariat; Arctic Council Secretariat, 2014-09)The first exercise under the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic was hosted by Canada, and organised by the Canadian Coast Guard as National Competent Authority for ... -
The Sea Ice Never Stops. Circumpolar Inuit Reflections on Sea Ice Use and Shipping in Inuit Nunaat.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2014-12)This expanded survey by the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is the product of an ongoing contribution to the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) conducted by the Arctic Council. An earlier scoping report, The Sea Ice ... -
Arctic Biodiversity Congress, 2014: Co-Chairs Report
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2014-12)The Co-Chairs Report from the Arctic Biodiversity Congress, held December 2-4, 2014. -
Руководство по реагированию на разливы нефти в условиях ледового и снежного покрова. Резюме.
(EPPR Secretariat; Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)Арктика – динамичный, меняющийся регион. Находясь в среде, которая отличается как крайней уязвимостью, так и высокой жизнеспособностью, жители Арктики понимают необходимость добрососедского циркумполярного сотрудничества ... -
Recommendations for the Integration of Traditional and Local Knowledge into the Work of the Arctic Council.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015)Recommendations for the Integration of Traditional and Local Knowledge into the Work of the Arctic Council, delivered by the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) at the Arctic Council's 9th Ministerial ... -
KEEPING OUR TRADITIONS ALIVE. COMPENDIUM OF BEST PRACTICES IN PROMOTING THE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIFE OF ARCTIC INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)Arctic Indigenous peoples and communities have a long history of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, sustained through generations of traditional economies and cultural practices. For many, living according to traditional ... -
Coordinated Circumpolar Monitoring of Arctic Sea Life. The Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Program.
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2015)The Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Program is an integrated circumpolar Program that details Arctic marine ecosystem monitoring efforts, including how and where elements of these ecosystems will be monitored. Involving ... -
The Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan brochure
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2015)The Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan is a framework to improve circumpolar monitoring efforts of Arctic freshwaters, including ponds, lakes, rivers, and their associated tributaries and wetlands. The Freshwater ... -
Arctic Environmental Hazards and National Mitigation Programs.
(EPPR Secretariat, 2015)Under the Arctic Environment Protection Strategy and the Arctic Council, the Arctic countries have agreed on a “framework for taking early cooperative action on emergency prevention, preparedness and response in the Arctic.” ... -
Summary: Guide to Oil Spill Response in Snow and Ice Conditions in the Arctic.
(EPPR Secretariat; Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)The Arctic is a dynamic and changing region. With an environment that is both fragile and resilient, Arctic inhabitants understand that it takes cooperation among circumpolar neighbors to safeguard resources that are key ... -
Arctic Environmental Response Management Application
(EPPR Secretariat, 2015)ERMA is an online mapping tool that integrates both static and real-time data, such as Environmental Sensitivity Index maps, ship locations, weather, and ocean currents, in a centralized format for environmental responders ... -
Actions for Arctic Biodiversity 2013-2023: Implementing the Recommendations of the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2015)The Arctic Council Ministers agreed to implement 17 recommendations articulated in the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, Report for Policy Makers (CAFF 2013a). Implementing the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) recommendations ... -
The Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan brochure and poster
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2015)The Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring Plan is a framework that uses an ecosystem-based approach to integrate monitoring, assessment and reporting of focal species, ecological functions, ecosystems, interactions ... -
Youth. The Future of Reindeer Herding Peoples. Executive Summary.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015)This report is a summary of one of the deliverables to the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group project ‘EALLIN – The Voice of Reindeer Herding Youth 2012-2014’. The main goal of the project was to maintain ...
