The Second International Arctic Vegetation Archive and Classification Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 30–31 March 2017

• Published in: Arctic and North
• Main Author: Natalia Е. Koroleva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2017
• Subjects: the Arctic; conference; classifications; databases; vegetation; Social Sciences; H; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2017.28.126; https://doaj.org/article/55106c21e2be479aa54adf55c6fa2bb2

Here we present a brief overview of events and presentations at the International Arctic Vegetation Archive and Classification Workshop, held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, on 30–31 March 2017. The purpose of the workshop was to collect and process data about the Arctic vegetation. The data supposed to be presented in a standard format for subsequent classification and analysis. Twenty-nine scientists from most of the Arctic states were among the participants of the workshop. They presented an overview of existing databases on vegetation, discussed the possibility of sharing and pooling of data as well as possible ways of classification for the pan-Arctic vegetation.