Planned AMAP assessments and other follow-up. For the SAO meeting in Whitehorse, Canada, 21-23 October 2013 agenda item 6.3.

• Main Author: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Faroe Islands; AMAP; Arctic Ocean Acidification; Human health; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11374/1249

"As a follow-up to the AMAP work plan for 2013-2015, the AMAP WG has requested its Expert Groups on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Radioactivity, and Human Health to present proposals for the updating of previous assessments on these issues. At the AMAP WG meeting in the Faroe Islands, the WG approved plans for updating previous assessments on POPs, radioactivity and human health. As a follow-up to the 2013 Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment, AMAP will conduct of workshop of experts to evaluate the needs and scope of possible follow-up activities." /./