Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Sample Clauses

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. (CAFF) The Arctic Council (AC) is an international, intergovernmental circumpolar forum with eight member states (Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States) and six Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, which are known as Permanent Participants (The Aleut International Association (AIA), The Athabaskan Arctic Council (AAC), the Gwich’in Council International (GCI), the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), and the Saami Council (SC)). The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) program is the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council. Its mandate is to address the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, and communicate its findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic, helping to promote practices while ensuring the sustainability of the Arctic’s living resources. In order to successfully conserve the natural environment and allow for economic development, baseline data on long-term status and trends of Arctic biodiversity, habitats and ecosystem health is required. CAFF’s projects provide data for informed decision making on Arctic biodiversity issues. The core objectives of CAFF are: ● To monitor Arctic biodiversity; ● To conserve Arctic species and their habitats; ● To consider the role and effectiveness of protected areas; ● To conserve nature outside of protected areas; and ● To recommend conservation objectives and measures into economic sectors of society.
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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. (CAFF)61 CAFF is a working group under the Arctic Council, concerned with the conservation of flora and fauna in the arctic region. The member states of the Arctic Council being Canada, USA (Alaska), Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Federation work together in addressing the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, communicating the findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic and helping to promote practices which ensure sustainability of the Arctic’s living resources. Seabirds as part of the Arctic marine ecosystems are important to many indigenous peoples for food and as an economic resource. Moreover, they are top predators that act as indicators of the health of the marine ecosystems. Sharing common seabird populations and threats the arctic countries have recognised their joint and equal responsibility for the conservation of seabirds in the Arctic. The CAFF Seabird Expert Group (CBird) is involved in a number of projects, focused on research and monitoring population effects from climate change, fisheries interactions, and harvest as well as education and outreach. Murres, Eiders, and Ivory Gull have been recognized by CAFF and the Cbird Group as needing special attention in multiple countries because of dramatic long-term population declines, of which some have been the result of human actions, such as fishery interactions (“by-catch”), over-harvest, and oil spills. The purpose of these conservation strategies is to increase monitoring of population trends, and where possible reduce the human impact on these species.
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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. (CAFF)61 CAFF is a working group under the Arctic Council, concerned with the conservation of flora and fauna in the arctic region. The member states of the Arctic Council being Canada, USA (Alaska), Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Federation work together in addressing the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, communicating the findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic and helping to promote practices which ensure sustainability of the Arctic’s living resources. Seabirds as part of the Arctic marine ecosystems are important to many indigenous peoples for food and as an economic resource. Moreover, they are top predators that act as indicators of the health of the marine ecosystems. Sharing common seabird populations and threats the arctic countries have recognised their joint and equal responsibility for the conservation of seabirds in the Arctic. The CAFF Seabird Expert Group (CBird) is involved in a number of projects, focused on research and monitoring population effects from 61 xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/en/caff/ climate change, fisheries interactions, and harvest as well as education and outreach. Murres, Eiders, and Ivory Gull have been recognized by CAFF and the Cbird Group as needing special attention in multiple countries because of dramatic long-term population declines, of which some have been the result of human actions, such as fishery interactions (“by-catch”), over-harvest, and oil spills. The purpose of these conservation strategies is to increase monitoring of population trends, and where possible reduce the human impact on these species.
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