Strategy for Developing Indices and Indicators to Track Status and Trends in Arctic Biodiversity

• Main Authors: Gill, Michael, Zöckler, Christoph
• Other Authors: Barry, Tom
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) 2008
• Subjects: CAFF; CBMP; Arctic biodiversity; Anchorage; Arctic; Canada; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Norway; Tórshavn; Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11374/191

CAFF Designated Agencies: • Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada • Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Helsinki, Finland • Ministry of the Environment and Nature, Greenland Homerule, Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark) • Faroese Museum of Natural History, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark) • Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland • Directorate for Nature Management, Trondheim, Norway • 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 A strategy for developing indices and indicators for monitoring Arctic biodiversity in the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP). Targeted and consistent reporting will help meet the program's information and communication needs.