CAFF has developed several Resolutions of Cooperation to guide the development of partnerships with key organizations.
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
- CAFF and APECS signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2011 to encourage participation in CAFF activities for those in their early- to mid-career.
- Statement of cooperation
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- CAFF and the CBD signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2010 to enhance the presence of Arctic biodiversity in international biodiversity conservation fora and to support information sharing.
- Read the CAFF and CBD Resolution of Cooperation
United Nations Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
- CAFF and the CMS signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2013 to encourage information sharing to assist in the conservation of wild terrestrial, aquatic and avian species that migrate across jurisdictional boundaries and to assist cooperation with non-Arctic countries on these issues.
- Read the CAFF and CMS Resolution of Cooperation
- More information here
African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
- CAFF and AEWA signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2012 to contirbute to the conservation of migratory waterbird species within the African-Eurasian flyways
- Read the CAFF and AEWA Resolution of Cooperation
- More information here
East Asian-Australasian Flyways Partnership (EAAFP)
- CAFF and EAAFP signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2013 to better coordinate efforts to promote and protect birds along a migratory flyway undergoing series declines in some species
- Read the CAFF and EAAFP Resolution of Cooperation
- More information here
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- CAFF and Ramsar signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2012 to better coordinate efforts to conserve the Arctic's wetlands
- Read the CAFF and Ramsar Resolution of Cooperation
- More information here
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- CAFF and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) signed a Resolution of Cooperation in 2016 to better coordinate data management efforts
- Read the CAFF and GBIF Resolution of Cooperation
- More information here
Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
The Arctic Biodiversity Data Service (ABDS) is the Arctic Node of the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and CAFF participates in the steering group of OBIS. Statement of cooperation.
OBIS seeks to absorb, integrate, and assess isolated datasets into a larger, more comprehensive pictures of life in our oceans. The system hopes to stimulate research about our oceans to generate new hypotheses concerning evolutionary processes, species distributions, and roles of organisms in marine systems on a global scale. The abstract maps that OBIS generates are maps that contribute to the ‘big picture’ of our oceans: a comprehensive, collaborative, worldwide view of our oceans.
OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded, including data provided through the CAFF IPT. The datasets are integrated so you can search them all seamlessly by species name, higher taxonomic level, geographic area, depth, and time; and then map and find environmental data related to the locations.
