On May 7b, Finland will host the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi.

Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. The Arctic States will be joined by delegations from the Council's indigenous Permanent Participant organizations, the Chairs of the six Working Groups, and Observers. The Ministerial will be held in the Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi, Finland.

CAFF will deliver the following products:

CBMP: State of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Report (summary report and science report)	CBMP Arctic Coastal Biodiversity Monitoring Plan
CBMP headline indicators: Audit of global goose populations	CBMP Strategic Plan 2018-2021
AMBI Workplan 2019-2023	Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Arctic Mining: Context, challenges and solutions for improvement
Scoping for Sustainable Management and Resilience of Arctic wetlands: Phase 1 report	Marine fishes of the Arctic region
Inspiring Arctic voices through youth: engaging youth in Arctic biodiversity	Arctic Biodiversity Congress

CAFF will also deliver a series of Progress Reports for activities underway:

Arctic Biodiversity Data Service (ABDS)	Traditional Knowledge
Actions for Arctic Biodiversity 2013-2021: evaluating the implementation of the ABA recommendations	Annual reports, workshop proceedings and national implementation reports
Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)	Salmon peoples of Arctic rivers: Phase 1

To watch the event, click here.

An overview of the media program for foreign journalists is available at the link below.

For an overview of the Arctic Council’s history, composition and work, please read the backgrounder.

Find an overview of the Finnish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Additional resources for media.

For more information, visit the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland's page dedicated to the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting.