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.
Steering committee
- Mark Marissink, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; (chair)
- Tom Barry, CAFF International Secretariat;
- Cindy Dickson, Arctic Athabaskan Council;
- Vicky Johnston, Environment Canada;
- Aulikki Alanen, Finnish Ministry of the Environment;
- Inge Thaulow, Ministry of Housing, Nature and Environment, Greenland;
- Evgeny Syroechkovskiy, Russian Institute for Nature Conservation;
- Gilbert Castellanos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Previous steering committee members
- Bridget Larocque, Gwich’in Council International;
- Trish Hayes, Environment Canada;
- Risa Smith, Environment Canada;
- Janet Hohn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
- Ævar Petersen, Icelandic Institute of Natural History;
- Esko Jaakkola, Finnish Ministry of the Environment;
- Tiina Kurvitz, UNEP GRID-Arendal;
- Christoph Zöckler, UNEP WCMC.
Lead countries
Canada, Finland, Greenland, Sweden and the United States
Funding and support
The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment has received financial support from the following sources: Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America, the Nordic Council of Ministers, and the Chief Scientist was financed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency as part of the environmental support programme DANCEA.
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.
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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