Side Event

Arctic Biodiversity: status and trends

Organizer
Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna working group of the Arctic Council

Date and Time
28 October 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10)

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 misison is to address the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, and 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. CAFF has four guiding principles: - To use an ecosystem-based approach to conservation and management - To Cooperate with other conservation initiatives to minimise duplication and increase effectiveness - To Communicate CAFFs activities - To involve indigenous and local people and use traditional ecological knowledge