Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018 Preliminary Program

Plenary program subject to change. Rooms have yet to be assigned. 

Six main themes guide the flow and organization of the Congress. These overarching themes will run concurrently throughout the Congress and will form the backbone for the Congress. These themes were identified in the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment recommendations for policy

     

Film night

Public film screening at Polarium Hall in the Arktikum Science Centre and Museum (Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi)

Limited seating. A ticket is required for this event. Please request ticket at the registration desk. First come first served.

Cafe will be open to purchase light refreshments.

 

Our Shared Heritage: Arctic Breeding Birds in the Yellow Sea

Duration: 10 minutes

CAFF and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have developed a short film that features the work of the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative to highlight the plight of Arctic-breeding migratory birds in the East Asian Australasian Flyway, and the international cooperation to reverse declining trends.

 

Eatnanvuloš lotit – Maan sisällä linnut – Birds in the Earth

Duration: 11 minutes

Marja Helander's short film, based on dance, tells its story through the performance by two young Sámi ballet students. It’s about the nature in Sápmi, the youth and the dance. It also looks at deeper questions about the ownership of Sámi land and the Sámi’s right in today’s Finland, where the contradiction between nature and the modern lifestyle is blurred with humour. More information on the film here.

 

Angry Inuk

Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes

In her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy. More information on the film here.

Poetry lunch

Location: Tieva, Lappia Hall
Date: Thursday October 11, 2018
Time: 12:45-13:15

 

Dialogues of Silence: Poetry performance by Mia Rönkä

Photo: Antti-Pekka MajanenPhoto: Antti-Pekka MajanenDialogues of Silence merges poems and performative elements to ponder the relationship between man and Arctic nature and to reflect human relations through the imagery of Arctic nature. The poems have been inspired by Greenland, Spitsbergen, the Faroe Islands and Varanger in northern Norway. The performance will be given with a 50-year old Raven taxidermic specimen borrowed from the Turku University Zoological Museum.

Mia Rönkä, PhD., is a researcher, science writer and poet. Mia is Chair of the Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group under CAFF, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku, and an active birdwatcher and photographer. In her research, Rönkä has specialized in environmental ecology, ecosystem services and ornithology.

The texts in the performance are based on Mia first poem collection Maanalaiset linnut (Underground birds), published by Sammakko in 2016, and on her newer, unpublished material. The poem collection was nominated as a Tiiliskivi Literature Prize finalist in 2017.

 

The Poetics of Arctic Conservation: Poetry performance by Jamie Reaser

Jamie K. Reaser's award-winning writing explores the interface of Nature and human nature. The poems shared during this session have been inspired by the Arctic's unique voice and story. They are drawn from her six published poetry collections.

Jamie K. Reaser, PhD., is an executive, ecologist, communication psychologist, farmer, nature photographer, and poet. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the US National Invasive Species Council and Co-chair of the Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Coordinating Group (ICG).

Jamie's poetry can be found at the Talking Waters blog, Talking Waters on Facebook, and through online retailers. She is a member of the International League of Conservation Writers.

Side event schedule

To discuss participation and details of the event please email the respective contact point.

 

Sunday October 7
Title Status Time Contact name Email Venue placement Room
AMBI Steering Group meeting  invite only 8:30 - 12:00  Jennifer Provencher jennifer [AT] caff [DOT] is Santa's Hotel Santa Claus  To be confirmed
AMBI 2.0 planning workshop  invite only  13:00 - 17:00 Jennifer Provencher jennifer [AT] caff [DOT] is Santa's Hotel Santa Claus  To be confirmed
Monday October 8
Title Status Time Contact name Email Venue placement Room
AMBI 2.0 planning workshop  invite only 8:30 - 17:00 Jennifer Provencher jennifer [AT] caff [DOT] is Santa Claus Hotel To be confirmed
Meeting of the Working Group of the Northern Forum on Environmental Protection and Biodiversity  invite only 8:00 - 18:00 Mikhail Pogodaev mp [DOT] northernforum [AT] gmail [DOT] com Science Centre Pilke Vintii
Herbivory Network   invite only 13:00 - 17:00 Isabel C Barrio icbarrio [AT] gmail [DOT] com Arktikum House Borealis
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program - Marine Annual Face-to-face   invite only 9:00 - 17:00 Alain Dupuis alain [DOT] dupuis [AT] dfo-mpo [DOT] gc [DOT] ca Science Centre Pilke Porstua
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program - Terrestrial Annual Face-to-face   invite only  9:00 - 17:00 Hrefna Jóhannesdóttir hrefna [AT] caff [DOT] is Arktikum House Thule
CAFF Board  invite only 10:00 - 15:00 Aulikki Alanen aulikki [DOT] alanen [AT] ym [DOT] fi Lapin-ELY Keskus Erottaja
Guidelines and Tool for Arctic Marine Risk Assessment

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open register here 12:30 - 17:00 Trine Beate Solevaagseide trine [DOT] solevaagseide [AT] kystverket [DOT] no City Hall Murmansk
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program - Freshwater Annual Face-to-face   invite only 14:00 - 17:00 Jennifer Lento jlento [AT] gmail [DOT] com Lapin-ELY Keskus Ruska
Tuesday October 9
Title Status Time Contact name Email Venue placement Room
Circumpolar Local Environmental Observer (CLEO) Network Meeting

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open
 no registration
18:45 - 20:45 Santina Gay Gay [DOT] Santina [AT] epa [DOT] gov City Hall Kiiruna
NeAT Network for Arthropods of the Tundra  invite only 19:00 - 21:00 Lauren Culler  lauren [DOT] e [DOT] culler [AT] dartmouth [DOT] edu City Hall  Murmansk
ARCMOD consortium meeting  invite only 19:00 - 21:00 Bruce Forbes bruce [DOT] forbes [AT] ulapland [DOT] fi TBC TBC
CBMP Co-Chairs meeting invite only 19:00 - 21:00 Tom Christensen toch [AT] bios [DOT] au [DOT] dk Lappia Hall Saivo
Wednesday October 10
Title Status Time Contact name Email Venue placement Room
InterAction Council: High Level Expert Group  invite only 8:00 - 16:00 Sara French french [DOT] nci [AT] gmail [DOT] com Science Centre Pilke Porstua
Plenary panel 2 preparation meeting invite only 10:00-10:30 Martin Breum   City Hall Murmansk
Round table discussion on cooperation in Bowhead whale research  invite only 12:00 - 13:30 Herman Sips H [DOT] Sips [AT] icloud [DOT] com Lappia Hall  Saivo
Thursday October 11
Title Status Time Contact name Email Venue placement Room

ARIAS Briefing and "meet and greet" 

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 open
 no registration
9:00 - 12:00 Jamie Reaser jamie_reaser [AT] ios [DOT] doi [DOT] gov City Hall  Murmansk
Interactions Working Group meeting  invite only 13:30 - 17:00 Olivier Gilg olivier [DOT] gilg [AT] gmail [DOT] com Lapin-ELY Keskus Halti
CAFF Wetlands Project Steering Group meeting Invite only 17:30-19:00 David Schonberg-Alm David [DOT] Schonberg-Alm [AT] naturvardsverket [DOT] se City Hall Kiiruna
Research and management of changing tundra ecosystems or socio-ecological systems in Yamal  invite only 18:00 - 21:00 Dorothee Ehrich dorothee [DOT] ehrich [AT] uit [DOT] no City Hall  Murmansk 
Friday October 12
Title Status Time Contact name Email Venue placement Room
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program - Marine Annual Face-to-face meeting  invite only 13:00 - 17:00 Alain Dupuis alain [DOT] dupuis [AT] dfo-mpo [DOT] gc [DOT] ca Lapin-ELY Keskus Erottaja
Coastal Expert Monitoring Group Final Review Meeting  invite only 15:00 - 17:00 Donald McLennan donald [DOT] mclennan [AT] polar [DOT] gc [DOT] ca Lapin-ELY Keskus Halti
AMAP/EU-PolarNet Stakeholder Workshop on Research Needs on Arctic Biology and Terrestrial Ecosystems

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 open-
 contact to register
8:30-13:00 Janet Pawlak jpawlak [AT] dahm [DOT] dk Santa's Hotel Santa Claus  Poro, Riekko

 

 

Locations of the side meetings venues

Anna Morottaja is an Inari Sámi musician, from Northern Finland where she lives in her childhood home near lake Muddusjärvi in which she fishes all year round. Traditional Inari Sámi music, livđe, is close to her heart and Anna is also a master of the northern Sámi joik. Livđe and joik are integral parts of her everyday life. Anna is known for the broad range of her voice and has taught livđe at kindergartens and schools.

In her performance Anna evokes the world through Inari Sámi livđe and illustrates it using the photography of Rauno Koivunen. The themes of livđe are connected to birds which provide their own tone to the seasons while the photos of Rauno describe the changing seasons in the North.

Rauno Koivunen has photographed nature in Lappi for several years especially lake Muddusjärvi during the changing seasons. Rauno comes from Ähtäri, Mid-Finland and became interested in nature when he moved to Inari in 2011. He is especially interested in capturing the tones of different seasons and in close-up photos of flora and fauna.

Inari Sámi is one of nine Sami languages and is spoken only in the Inari region, in northern Finland. Inari Sámi is spoken by 400 people and due to a successful revitalization work amongst kindergarten children and adults, is flourishing today. People are the main theme of livđe but birds, fish and other animals are also reflected. Livđe was almost lost to history due to the pressures of the modern world but was thankfully rescued through the work of artists such as Anna is becoming a part of everyday life in the Inari Sámi region.

Activity: Bird nesting boxes and insect hotels

Location: Outside Lappia Hall

Date:Tuesday October 9- Thursday October 11, 2018

Time: 12:00-15:00

Join staff from Metsähallitus, Metsähallitus Forestry Ltd and Science centre Pilke to construct bird boxes and insect hotels. Participants can take their boxes and hotels home with them, or they can donate them local schools, who will take them into the forests and monitor their use.

Chairs: Timo Tahvonen with Science centre Pilke inspirers, Metsähallitus

Bird nesting box. Photo: Timo TahvonenBird nesting box. Photo: Timo TahvonenA bird nesting box can provide an essential nesting area for many bird species. While many species are able to hide their nests in dense foliage or grassy meadow areas, many others require holes for nesting. Some birds, such as woodpeckers, can excavate their own nesting cavities in dead or decaying trees. Others depend on the abandoned nesting holes or natural cavities formed from fallen branches for places to build nests. Recently, however, an increase in development and removal of damaged and dead trees has left many cavity-nesting birds with fewer natural places to raise their young. A bird nest is made by adding a base and a roof to a frame that has been pre-drilled from a spruce stem.

Insect hotel. Photo: Timo TahvonenInsect hotel. Photo: Timo TahvonenAn insect hotel, also known as a bug hotel or insect house, is a manmade structure created to provide nest sites and  hibernation sites for pollinating insect species. The insect hotels can come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on the specific purpose or specific insect it is catered to. Most consist of several different sections that provide insects with nesting facilities – particularly during winter, offering refuge for many types of insects. The amount of pollinating insects has decreased because of the use of pesticides and diminished amount of dead wood in forests and cultural environments. This has a negative impact on the reproduction of vascular plants. The housing is made of a recycled milk carton and tubes are from the hollow stem of Angelica silvestris. For the tubes it is also possible to use stray or any hollow plant stems.


LAVVU1: Nomadic herders lavvu dialogue

Join Arctic youth and Indigenous leaders in the lavvu as they discuss observations of change and solutions for sustainable use of Arctic resources. LEARN MORE

Chairs: Svein Mathiesen, International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry; Katherine Johnsen, GRID Arendal; Gunn-Britt Retter, Saami Council

Location: Outside Lappia Hall
Date: Thursday October 11, 2018
Time: 10:30-12:30

                     

Activity: Bird nesting boxes and insect hotels

Join staff from Metsähallitus, Metsähallitus Forestry Ltd and Science centre Pilke to construct bird boxes and insect hotels. Participants can take their boxes and hotels home with them, or they can donate them local schools, who will take them into the forests and monitor their use. LEARN MORE.

Bird nesting box. photo: Timo Tahvonen

Chairs: Timo Tahvonen with Science centre Pilke inspirers, Metsähallitus

Location: Outside Lappia Hall 
Date: Tuesday October 9-Thursday October 11, 2018
Time: 12:00-15:00, while supplies last


The form and content of the Congress program is under development, with guidance from the Program Advisory Committee, but is expected to include the above elements. In order to allow for some adjustments, including further input from the Program Advisory Committee, Congress organizers reserve the right to make changes to the preliminary program. Such changes will be posted on this Congress website.

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