logo-cbvmThe CBVM mission is to develop a global map of the circumboreal forest biome with a common legend. The reason for concentrating efforts to map boreal vegetation from all around the globe is to provide a common international framework for understanding the boreal region. Currently, various maps already exist of the boreal biome, but they do not rely on a unified international method for classifying and mapping boreal vegetation.
By recognizing the boreal region as a single geo-ecosystem with a common set of cultural, political and economic issues, the CBVM project will be the first detailed vegetation map of the entire global biome. Such a map is needed for a wide variety of purposes related to resource development, land-use planning, studies of boreal biota and biodiversity, education, anticipated global changes and human interaction.
CFG encourages and coordinates the conservation of Arctic flora, habitats and research activities.
It enhances the exchange of information affecting status and trends in Arctic flora.
The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM) mapped the vegetation and associated characteristics of the Arctic.
The CAVM shows the types of vegetationacross the Arctic, between the ice-covered Arctic Ocean to the north and the northern limit of forests to the south.
