Arctic Flora and Fauna: Status and Conservation

• Main Author: Huntington, Henry P.
• Other Authors: Kankaanpää, Paula
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) 2001
• Subjects: CAFF; Biodiversity; Status and trends; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Indian; Norway; Arctic biodiversity; Arctic Centre - University of Lapland; Arctic Centre, University of Lapland; Iceland; Norwegian Polar Institute; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11374/169

This is the first truely circumpolar overview of Arctic biodiversity and provides a clear understanding of the importance of the Earth's largest ecoregion and its status in the face of a rapidly changing world. Contributing institutions: Arctic Centre, University of Lapland; BirdLife International; Norwegian Polar Institute; Institute of Biogeography, Russian Academy of Sciences; UNEP-GRID Arendal; UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre Financial and other support: Nordic Council of Ministers, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Ministry of the Environment Finland, Canadian Wildlife Service � Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iceland, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Greenland Homerule Government, Directorate for Nature Management Norway