| Project |
Type |
# |
Outcome |
Report |
Year |
FEC |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Key finding | 4 | Although the majority of Arctic wetlands remain
relatively intact, changes are already occurring
across the Arctic and wetland resilience is
needed to buffer further damage. Wetlands
are vulnerable to substantial indirect damage
e.g. through global warming, changes to
p recipitation patterns, altered hydrological flows,
and environmental pollutants. Such damage also
constitutes a broader threat to migratory animal
populations. These diverse threats to wetland
ecosystems emphasize the need for landscape
scale management with a focus on conservation,
protection and maintained resilience. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Key finding | 1.2.3 | Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Wetlands Management: Most management and conservation plans, as well as other official information on wetland protected areas, fail to document Indigenous resource use in a systematic or functional way and as a result, do not provide a complete picture of resource use and management within the areas. | Arctic Wetlands and Indigenous Peoples Study: An assessment of Indigenous engagement in wetland protected areas | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Key finding | | While policy pertaining to Arctic wetlands is expansive, preliminary evidence points to three key challenges for effective policy:
inconsistency and/or conflict between policies and goals addressed to different aspects of wetlands,
the distribution of responsibility for policy implementation into agencies and departments with differing, sometimes contrasting missions,
difficulties with good communications between responsible agencies and departments | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands Phase 2 Report | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Recommendation | 18 | Inventory, harmonize and pool knowledge
about financial models and frameworks being
used to support restoration and conservation
and investigate potential pan-Arctic or transboundary
initiatives, with a particular focus on
engagement by local and Indigenous Peoples. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Key finding | | Comprehensive information on Arctic wetlands ecosystems is currently lacking but needed to adequately identify the location and type of wetlands with high levels of accuracy. Recent developments in the use of geospatial data and artificial intelligence provide the basis for substantial improvements in mapping of the extent and condition of Arctic wetlands, opening up valuable opportunities for pan-Arctic collaboration to improve wetlands inventories and keep them up-to-date. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands Phase 2 Report | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Recommendation | 13 | Develop a tool for translating between existing
national and international wetland classifications
systems, identify where there is presently no
way to translate between systems and explore
potential benefits of developing unified Arctic
and Boreal wetland classification systems. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Recommendation | 8 | Ensure that national conservation or development
plans that impact wetlands meaningfully engage
Arctic communities, Indigenous Peoples, and
stakeholders to consider the broader landscape
impacts of changes to wetlands, including
developments that may affect wetlands within
river basins. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Recommendation | 3 | Initiate collaboration between Arctic states,
Indigenous Peoples organisations and relevant
stakeholders to harmonize how climate and
biodiversity benefits reached through wetland management and restoration efforts are
reported to international conventions on climate
mitigation and biodiversity. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Key finding | 11 | Coordinated transboundary management of
wetlands is needed, but different national
systems for wetland classification challenge such
efforts. There are crucial differences between
wetland classification systems. A uniform system
for comparing and harmonizing existing Arctic
wetland classifications would help to better plan
wetland actions that span borders, traditions, and
cultures. New developments should consider the
value and legacy associated with existing national
classification systems and Indigenous Knowledge
and Local Knowledge of wetland areas.
Development of new classification systems, maps
and databases should ensure that legacy data
remains useful, allow for conversion between
systems and link to Indigenous Knowledge and
use of wetlands. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Advice | 5 | Connecting Beyond Wetlands: Exploring the interactions between inland and coastal wetlands broadens focus. Examining the opportunities between CAFF projects
such as RMAWI, the Salmon Peoples of the Arctic,
the Seabird Working Group, and the Arctic Migratory
Bird Initiative may further facilitate research on
Indigenous relationships with Arctic biodiversity,
particularly as they relate to subsistence activities. | Arctic Wetlands and Indigenous Peoples Study: An assessment of Indigenous engagement in wetland protected areas | 2021 | |
Arctic Council Working Group