Arctic Council's CAFF Working Group Work Plan 2009-201

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CAFF WORK PLAN2009 - 2011 Ministerial  PeriodApril 2009ARCTIC COUNCILArctic CouncilAcknowledgements i CAFF Designated Agencies:Directorate for Nature Management, Trondheim, Norway•	Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada•	Faroese Museum of Natural History, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark)•	Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Helsinki, Finland•	Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland•	The Environment and Nature Agency, Greenland Homerule Government, Greenland •	(Kingdom of Denmark)Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources, Moscow, Russia•	Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden•	United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska•	CAFF Permanent Participant Organisations:Aleut International Association (AIA) •	Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC)•	Gwich’in Council International (GCI)•	Inuit Circumpolar Conference - (ICC) Greenland, Alaska and Canada •	Russian Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) •	Saami Council•	This publication should be cited as:  CAFF Work Plan 2009 - 2011.  CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland.Cover photo: Arctic Fox, by Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.COM.For more information please contact:CAFF International SecretariatBorgir, Nordurslod600 Akureyri, IcelandPhone: +354 462-3350Fax: +354 462-3390Email: caff@caff.isInternet: http://www.caff.is___  CAFF Designated Area1The Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna Working Group (CAFF) is the Biodiversity Working group of the Arctic Council. It is guided by the CAFF Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Arctic Biological Diversity and biennial Work Plans. CAFFs mandate is to address the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, and to communicate the findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic, helping to promote practices which ensure the sustainability of the Arctic’s living resources.In order to successfully conserve the natural environment and allow for economic development requires baseline data on long-term status and trends of Arctic biodiversity, habitats and ecosystem health. CAFF’s projects provide data for informed decision making in resolving conflicts which are now arising in trying to both conserve the natural environment and permit regional growth. To this end CAFFs activities are centred around cooperation on:Nature and biodiversity management issues•	The use of living resources in the arctic•	Climate change•	Adaptability•	Sustainability•	Communication and outreach•	The 2009 – 2011 Work Plan places a strong focus on Climate Change and building upon the recommendations contained in the Arctic Climate and Impact Assessment (ACIA) . The ACIA and CAFF´s Flora & Fauna: Status and Conservation report both indicated that it was necessary to1consider the status and trends of biodiversity in the Arctic. The ACIA called for improved capacity to monitor and understand changes in the Arctic and to improve and enhance long-term Arctic biodiversity monitoring. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment and the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program are two of the primary vehicles via which CAFF is responding to these calls. CAFF will also place a strong focus on the International Polar Year (IPY) both through benefiting from IPY generated research and contributing to IPY legacy.This document outlines the projects and activities which CAFF plans to undertake for the 2009 – 2011 Ministerial period. The CAFF Work Plan is not fixed for the inter-ministerial period, but may change according to new opportunities and priorities. Both CAFF Working Group and Board meetings can amend the CAFF Work Plan.A green circle denotes a Work Plan item continued from the 2006 - 2008 Work A red circle denotes a Work Plan item new to the 2009 - 2011 Work PlanGreg Robertson: Preparing to photograph a murre colony in Witless Bay, Canada 2005.Executive SummaryInge Thaulow2Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.com1 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Follow-up1 .1   The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment - Lead Finland/Greenland/Denmark/USa. Conduct the Arctic Biodiversity Assessments Arctic 2010 Biodiversity Highlights     ReportConduct the ABA Scientific Reportb. Update the map of protected areas in the Arctic a. - Lead Canada1.2    The Circumpolar Biodiversity monitoring Programme (CBMP)a.    Implement the Circumpolar Biodiversity monitoring Programme - Lead: CanadaHold a workshop on the monitoring of protected areas b. - Lead Canada/USCreate a web based Seabird Information Network (SIN) in conjunction with UNEP c. CMC and CBMP - Lead: USContinue development of the Arctic Report Cards - d. Lead: CanadaContinue development of the CBMPs Expert Monitoring Groups (representing thee. major Arctic biomes - marine, coastal, freshwater, terrestrial vegetation and terrestrial fauna)  - Lead: The CAFF ChairContinue development of the CBMPs Indicators and Indices  f. - Lead: The CAFF Chair2. CAFF Expert Groups2.1 CAFF Flora Group (CFG)Complete a report on checklists of Arctic lichens and bryophytes - a. Lead: Iceland               /CanadaDevelop the Circumpolar Boreal Vegetation Map - b. Lead: United StatesDevelop collaboration within CAFF to delimit floristic regions in the circumpolarc.        Arctic - Lead: US/Canada/RussiaEncourage the use of GLORIA, a worldwide monitoring network for climate change d. impacts on the ecology of high mountain systems - Lead: United States/CanadaDevelop interlinked Arctic Flora and Vegetation databases - e. Lead: To be determinedMonitoring vegetation change in Greenland f. - Lead: United States3Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.comCreate a CFG Education/Outreach Subcommittee g. - Lead: Canada2.2 CAFF Seabird Group (CBird)Complete the circumpolar Eider conservation strategya.  - Lead: CanadaComplete the Circumpolar Murre conservation strategy b. - Lead: United StatesComplete the report on birds of Arctic conservation concernc.  - Lead: Finland/GreenlandComplete the report on seabird gillnet bycatch in commercial fisheries in the Arcticd.  - Lead: United StatesDevelop a Thick-billed Murre population model for the Atlantic regione.  - Lead: CanadaWrite paper for peer-reviewed journal on the decline of Glaucous Gulls in the Arctic f. - Lead: IcelandComplete a peer-reviewed publication on seabirds and climate changeg.  - Lead: United States/Norway/CanadaComplete a circumpolar seabird monitoring planh.  - Lead: United States/United KingdomComplete the report on the status and trends of circumpolar seabirds i. - Lead: Iceland /United StatesComplete an analysis of population and productivity data on circumpolar j. Black-legged Kittiwake status and trends - Lead: Norway/United StatesImplement the CBird-STAMP projectk.  - Lead: Norway/United StatesConduct Arctic Tern Projectl.  - Lead: GreenlandDevelop an online circumpolar seabird colony database m. - Lead Norway /United States/ Canada3.  Projects3.1 ECORAComplete the ECORA project in the three model areas in Russiaa.  - Lead: Russia/ Norway/RAIPON/UNEP GRID ArendalBiodiversity, traditional nature use and climate change in the Russian Arctic: b. assessment and adaptation strategy development - Lead: not yet determinedBlake Trask43.2 The Bering Sea Sub Network (BSSN)Continue to implement the Bering Sea Sub-Network: International Communitya. -based Environmental Observation Alliance for Arctic Observing Network (BSSN) - Lead: Aleut International Association4.   Cooperation with other Working GroupsWork with Arctic Council Working Groups on the SAON process - a. Lead: The CAFF ChairThe CAFF-AMAP Coordinated Monitoring Effort - b. Lead: The CAFF ChairWork on an Arctic Council spatial strategy with AMAP and EPPR - c. Lead: The CAFF Chaird. Implement priority CAFF-relevant action items of the Arctic Council’s Arctic Marine Strategic Plan (AMSP) - Lead: To be determinedCooperation with International Conventions, Agreements and Organizations 5. - current actionitems include the following:Cooperation with UNEP-WCMC and UNEP/GRID-Arendal - a. Lead: The CAFF ChairCooperation with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - b. Lead The CAFF ChairCooperation with the oil and gas industry on biodiversity conservation efforts - c. Lead: The CAFF ChairCooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - d. Lead: The CAFF ChairCooperate on the development of the Sustaining Arctic Observing Network (SAON) e. process - Lead: The CAFF ChairThe International Polar Year: Participate in planning and development of IPY Legacy f. issues - Lead: The CAFF ChairCooperation with the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory g. Waterbirds (AWEA) - Lead: The CAFF ChairCommunications and Outreach6. Participate in relevant international symposia and international meetings to a. communicate CAFFs results and ongoing activities - Lead: The CAFF ChairCarsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.com5Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.comDevelop promotional brochures, posters and other communication products for b. CAFF - Lead: The CAFF ChairDevelop promotional brochures, posters and other communication products for thec. CBMP - Lead: Canada/The CAFF ChairDevelop CAFFs publication series - d. Lead: The CAFF ChairCarsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.com

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