Project |
Type |
# |
Outcome |
Report |
Year |
FEC |
CBMP Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring | Key finding | | Climate change is the overwhelming driver of change in terrestrial Arctic ecosystems, causing diverse,
unpredictable, and significant impacts that are expected to intensify. | State of the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring | 2021 | |
CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Advice | | Collaboration
Guidelines
• Each country should prepare a national
implementation plan for the strategy giving special
attention to international collaboration.
• Ensure the regional and local governments
participate in developing a National Implementation
Plan
• Enlist the participation of local residents and
technical specialists at an early stage in deciding
how to implement the Strategy. | International Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2008 | |
CBird: Seabird Expert Group | | | Commercial activities Objective Minimize adverse effects on Ivory Gulls from commercial activities. Action• Evaluate effects of commercial activity on Ivory Gulls. • Prepare guidelines to industry operations to
minimize their impacts on Ivory Gulls. | International Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2008 | |
CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 3.5 | Communications and consultation:
18. Determine appropriate communication approaches and produce
materials to deliver specific messages.
19. Emphasize communication to operators of ships at sea, the fishing
industry and tour boat operators.
20. Produce educational materials aimed specifically at children.
21. Issue joint scientific reports of activities relating to murre
conservation. | International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1996 | |
| Key finding | 7 | Community observations from local and traditional experts have much untapped
potential as ‘early warning systems’ | Project Summary: Bering Sea Sub-Network II | 2015 | |
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) | 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 | |
| Key finding | | Conservation of Arctic biodiversity is a global issue, as so much that happens outside the Arctic affects what happens inside the Arctic and vice versa. Migratory species provide a good basis to develop the partnerships necessary to ensure the long term viability of shared species, and at the same time to increase awareness of the shared global heritage that Arctic biodiversity represents. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |
| Key finding | | Conservation of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services it provides requires a long-term perspective and sustained actions at many different temporal and spatial scales. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |
CBird: Seabird Expert Group | Action | 4.1 | Consumptive use: 1.Develop international harvest plans, 2. Establish appropriate harvest rules
, 3.Obtain reliable harvest estimates
, 4. Evaluate the opportunity for guided hunts,
5. Support egg and down collection programs.
| Circumpolar Eider Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 1997 | |
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 | |
CBird: Seabird Expert Group | | | Coordination and consultation
Objective
Ensure proper coordination with existing programs
that affect Ivory Gulls, and encourage awareness of
this Ivory Gull Strategy and broad participation in its
implementation.
Actions
• Support other international and national Ivory
Gull conservation initiatives.
• Review existing programs and plans that affect
Ivory Gulls to assure proper coordination as plans
develop to implement the Strategy.
• Enlist the support of people and groups that are
interested in Ivory Gulls; especially local northern
residents.
• Solicit evaluation of actions carried out under the
Strategy by specialists in Ivory Gull biology and
other relevant disciplines.
• Prepare periodic reports summarizing the status
of Ivory Gull populations and accomplishments in
Ivory Gull conservation.
• Ensure that Ivory Gull conservation projects
include an educational component. | International Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy and Action Plan | 2008 | |
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) | Key finding | 2 | Create best practices through demonstration projects, and on-the-ground work, including an evaluation of past projects, what worked, and what didn | Arctic Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom: Changes in the North American Arctic | 2017 | |
| Key finding | | Credible knowledge of all kinds, and from all sources, is welcomed and needed in the Arctic. This includes science, traditional knowledge and co-produced knowledge as well as knowledge from academia, business, government, civil society and communities. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) | Key finding | 8 | Current knowledge of many Arctic species, ecosystems and their stressors is fragmentary, making detection and assessment of trends and their implications difficult for many aspects of Arctic biodiversity. | Arctic Biodiversity Assessment: Report for Policy Makers | 2013 | |
CBMP Marine Biodiversity Monitoring | Key finding | | Current trends indicate that species reliant on sea ice for reproduction, resting or foraging will
experience range reductions as sea ice retreat occurs earlier and the open water season is prolonged. | State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring | 2017 | |
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 | 6 | Develop a uniform inventory of degraded Arctic
wetlands with potential for restoration. Many
candidate sites for restoration are known, but
the exact extent and location of other damaged
or degraded wetland systems remains poorly
known. Encourage Arctic states to identify data
gaps where wetland extent and condition are
unknown and can be prioritized for inventory. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands (RAW) | Recommendation | 10 | Develop and share between Arctic states outreach
and communication strategies and tools to explain
the values of wetlands, the threats to wetlands
and provide examples of wetland restoration
success stories. Material for the full Arctic region
could be complemented with materials specific
to knowledge from different geographic regions,
communities, and Indigenous Peoples. | Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands: Key Findings and Recommendations | 2021 | |
| Advice | | Develop binding agreements related to the conservation and/or sustainable use of biodiversity. | Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2014, Co-Chairs Report | 2014 | |