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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) X Biennial Meeting

14 - 16 September 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Northern Workshop on Access to Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge and Benefit-sharing: ABS as a Sustainable Development Opportunity for the North

The Government of Canada, together with the Arctic Athabaskan Council and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, hosted a workshop on access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge and benefit-sharing, in Whitehorse, Yukon, from March 15 to 17, 2005. The objective of the workshop, ...

ARCTIC FLORA AND FAUNA - Status and efforts towards conservation leading to 2010.

Side event focusing on Arctic Flora and Fauna, led by CAFF - Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council with assistance from UNEP, WCMC, WWF and other international organizations.

New Initiatives to Conserve and Protect Earth’s Agricultural Biodiversity for Future Generations.

Norway has launched the Svalbard International Seed Vault, which will act as a safety net in case seeds already stored in commercial gene banks are destroyed, or are decimated in a global catastrophe. Norway’s “Noah’s Ark” project aims to safeguard crop diversity by storing about 1.5 billion se ...

New Information and Web-based Technologies - The Arctic Region Workshop, 19-22 November 2007, Quebec City, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/OH/CR/60736 (2007-142)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to paragraphs B.II.13 and C.6.(a) of Decision VIII/5, as well as paragraphs 3.(c).(ii) and 8 of Decision VII/14, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to-date, a total of US$ 70,091.30 from donors in support of the participation of indigenous representative ...

Arctic Region Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity: New Information and Web-based Technologies

19 - 21 November 2007, Quebec City, Canada

Corrigendum - International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/61053 (2007-153)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives, and other stakeholders, that thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for ...

List of Selected Participants for the International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity - The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/ac/62607 (2008-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

Thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Hel ...

International Polar Year and the Convention on Biological Diversity

The side event will create greater awareness about polar biodiversity and the threats it faces and will highlight the results and outcomes of the CBD events on the Arctic as a contribution to the International Polar Year.

Press Release: The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment Another Wake Up Call for Action.

The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment Another Wake Up Call for Action

Montreal, 27 May 2010. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) is further evidence of the need for urgent and collaborative action to preserve biodiversity in this fragile and vital region of our planet, recognized as an important barometer of the world’s environment.

When parks are not enough: Ecosystem resilience and change in the Arctic

Event provides for discussion of new application of the ecosystem approach to move from current preservation of species/habitats/systems as they are now and “always” to focus on building resilience for terrestrial and marine ecosystems to address challenge of management through change and under ...

Arctic Biodiversity: status and trends

A review of the current status and trends in Arctic Biodiversity. And an overview of ongoing work by the Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna working group (CAFF) of the Arctic Council e.g. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment and the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme etc. CAFFs misi ...

Arctic Biodiversity Symposium

18 - 19 November 2010, Ottawa, Canada

Recommendation XV/7

Arctic biodiversity

The view from up here: Arctic biodiversity in a warming world

The Arctic environment is experiencing unprecedented and rapid change from a variety of stressors that often interact in unpredictable ways. Understanding and responding to current and emerging concerns facing Arctic biodiversity requires coordinated circumpolar scientific information. Panelists ...

The Connected Planet: Cooperating to reduce threats to Arctic migratory waterbirds along major flyways

Join representatives from the participating organizations as they discuss migratory Arctic breeding birds, threats originating inside and outside the Arctic, and conservation efforts along major flyways. Hear stories from the East Asian-Australasian flyway, Central Asian Flyway, African-Eurasian ...

To better inform policymakers on what needs to be done to secure the ecosystems and species in the Arctic that people rely on for life and livelihood, the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, has released the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA).

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/4/INF/3

Composite Report on the Status and Trends Regarding the Knowledge, Innovations and Practices of Indigenous and Local Communities: Regional report: Arctic

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/AG/2/2/ADD2

Revision of the Second Phase of the Composite Report- Arctic

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/43

Report of the International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on Their Traditional Knowledge Related to Biological Diversity -The Arctic Region

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/43

Report of the International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on Their Traditional Knowledge Related to Biological Diversity -The Arctic Region

UNEP/CBD/EM.CC-ILC/1/3

Compilation of Case-Studies on Climate Change and Biodiversity Considerations in the Arctic

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Ivanov, A. N. and V.A. Spiridonov. An approach to marine bioregionalization in the Russian Arctic for the purposes of planning marine protected areas and other areas in need of protection

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/5/INF/4

Revision of the Second Phase of the Composite Report - Arctic

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/6/INF/6

Report of the Arctic Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/ WSTOURIDG/1/2

Report of the Arctic Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/WCMC/Post-2010/0709/8a

The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA)

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/15/14

Arctic Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/1/2

Report of the Arctic Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 3 to 7 March 2014, Helsinki, Finland

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JL/JG/82648 (2013-085)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Arctic region: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, United States of America; relevant Permanent Participants and Working Groups of the Arctic Council; relevant regional seas conventions and action plans; relevant regional fisheries management organizations; and other relevant regional organizations/initiatives

Request for scientific information to support the objectives of the CBD Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 3 to 7 March 2014, Helsinki, Finland

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/JL/JG/82923 (2013-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points; other Governments; relevant Permanent Participants and Working Groups of the Arctic Council; International Maritime Organization (IMO); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)–Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC); Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI); relevant regional seas conventions and action plans; relevant regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs); and other relevant organizations and regional initiatives; indigenous and local communities (ILCs)

UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WS/2014/1/3

Data to Inform the Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WS/2014/1/4

Compilation of Submissions of Scientific Information to Describe Areas Meeting the Scientific Criteria for Ebsas in the Arctic Region

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Russian Federation Submission: Atlas of Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity of the Russian Arctic

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Saami Council Submission: Sensitive Sea Areas in Arctic Norway

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Finland submission: Specially Designed Marina Areas in the Arctic High Seas

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UNU TK Initiative Submission: Traditional knowledge relating to Arctic marine species and habitats

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IUCN/NRDC Workshop to Identify Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, Helsinki, Finland, 3 – 7 March 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, Helsinki, Finland, 3 – 7 March 2014

Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)

3 - 7 March 2014, Helsinki, Finland

UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WS/2014/1/5

Report of the Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/EBSAWS/2014/1/5

Report of the Arctic Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

The Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI): Protecting Arctic lifestyles through migratory bird conservation

This event will present the latest results on the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI), a project designed to improve the status and secure the long-term sustainability of declining Arctic breeding migratory bird populations using international cooperation along entire flyways. Responding t ...

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for the Arctic – Scoping Study

To inform CBD audience about progress on the Scoping Study and to increase the awareness and visibility of the project. - A panel discussion -Introduce or reinforce ecosystem values with natural resource managers -Communicate the range of values held for Arctic biodiversity and ecosystems

Protecting the central Arctic Ocean: the need for action

Arctic biodiversity is facing unprecedented challenges due to rapid ongoing climate change. The Arctic region is currently significantly under-represented in marine protection, leaving this unique Arctic environment and its fragile ecosystems and biodiversity exposed to the threats of industrial ...

Nature has no borders – transboundary cooperation to safeguard arctic and boreal biodiversity

A key theme #5 in the recently released Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) concerns identifying and safeguarding important areas for biodiversity. This concerns the need to advance the protection of large areas of ecologically important marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats, taking into ...

Arctic Biodiversity Congress, Trondheim, Norway, December 2–4, 2014