Notional Accomplishments Arctic Council Ministerial October 12-13, 2000 Barrow, Alaska, USA.
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Issue Date
2000
Authors
Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)
Subject
SDWG
Abstract
Environmental Protection
• Arctic Council Action Plan (ACAP) to eliminate pollution in the Arctic presented for Ministers' approval.
• Environmental working group products: AMAP (Phase II); CAFF (Rare Plant Atlas, Status and Trends report, Overview report); EPPR (Circumpolar map, Oil and Gas Guidelines); and PAME (Russian NPA-Arctic)
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) presented for Ministers' approval.
Sustainable Development
• Framework document for the Arctic Council's work on Sustainable Development presented for Ministers' approval.
• Reports on SD Projects approved at Iqaluit: Children and Youth; Fisheries Management; Telemedicine; Cultural and Ecological Tourism.
• New SD projects presented for Ministers approval: Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic; Circumpolar Surveillance of Emerging Infectious Diseases, others
Using Technology for Education, Communication and Outreach
• Report on the Council's virtual Secretariat and Website (now on CD)
• Report on developing a web-based circumpolar "Inventory" of Arctic research
March 20, 2000