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 ACAP
The Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) is a working group of the Arctic Council. The goal of ACAP is to reduce emissions of pollutants into the environment in order to reduce the identified pollution risks.
ACD
 ACD
The Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD) project is a multi-disciplinary, multi-national forum to exchange ideas and information. The overall objective of ACD is to improve our understanding of circum-Arctic coastal dynamics as a function of environmental forcing, coastal geology and cryology and morphodynamic behavior.
ACIA
 ACIA
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is an international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.
 AMAPThe Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) objective is providing reliable and sufficient information on the status of, and threats to, the Arctic environment. Providing scientific advice on actions to be taken in order to support Arctic governments in their efforts to take remedial and preventive actions relating to contaminants.
 AMSAThe Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) is circumpolar in focus and promotes cooperation and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and relevant organizations. The assessment should cover all ship based activities and ship types in the Arctic
 Arctic HydraThe Arctic-HYDRA project consists of a core network for the observation of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle. Impacts of a warming Arctic are already raising serious concerns about the stability of the sensitive balance between climate conditions, freshwater input, oceanic circulation and the state of cryospheric components.
 CAFFConservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) mission is to address the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, and communicate its findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic, helping to promote practices which ensure the sustainability of the Arctic's living resources.
 The purpose of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) is to strive for the conservation of biological diversity in the Arctic, to halt or significantly reduce the loss of this biodiversity, and to provide information to the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, other Arctic residents, and stakeholders.
 CBVMCircumBoreal Vegetation Mapping (CBVM) mission is to develop a global map of the circumboreal forest biome with a common legend. The reason for concentrating efforts to map boreal vegetation from all around the globe is to provide a common international framework for understanding the boreal region.
 EPPRThe Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group is to deal with the prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies in the Arctic. The work has focused mainly on oil and gas transportation and extraction, and on radiological and other hazards.
 IASCIASC, the International Arctic Science Committee, is a non-governmental organization whose aim is to encourage and facilitate cooperation in all aspects of Arctic research, in all countries engaged in Arctic research and in all areas of the Arctic region.
 IPAThe International Permafrost Association has as its objectives to foster the dissemination of knowledge concerning permafrost and to promote cooperation among persons and national or international organizations engaged in scientific investigation and engineering work on permafrost.
 PAMEThe program for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) was established with the mandate to address policy and non-emergency pollution prevention and control measures related to the protection of the Arctic marine environment from both land and sea-based activities.
 SAONSustained Arctic Observing Network (SAON) is composed of representatives of international organizations, agencies, and northern residents involved in research and operational and local observing, that has been formed to develop a set of recommendations on how to achieve long-term Arctic-wide observing activities that provide free, open, and timely access to high-quality data that will realize pan-Arctic and global value-added services and provide societal benefits.
 SDWGThe Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) is a working group of the Arctic Council. The aspects of the SDWG are health issues, sustainable economic activities, children and youth, management of natural and living resources and infrastructure development. |
About the Science
The Stefansson Arctic Institute (SAI) was established in 1998 and operates under the auspices of the Icelandic Ministry for the Environment. It is located in Akureyri in Northern Iceland and bears the name of explorer and anthropologist Vilhjálmur Stefánsson (1879-1962). The staff at the Stefansson Arctic Institute includes scientists with broad interdisciplinary research background and experience. SAI has enjoyed and further welcomes visits by scholars, to work on and present their research.
International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) was founded in 1990 in Fairbanks, Alaska, at a meeting held in conjunction with the 7th Inuit Studies Conference. The creation of IASSA follows the suggestion, made at the Conference on Coordination of Research in the Arctic held in Leningrad in 1988, to establish an international association to represent Arctic social scientists.The Arctic is defined as all Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world. The social sciences encompass disciplines relating to behavioral, psychological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, linguistic, historical, social, legal, economic, environmental, and political subjects, as well as health, education, the arts and humanities, and related subjects.
Nordregio is a European centre for research, education and documentation on spatial development, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordregio´s goal is to develop and communicate relevant knowledge to authorities within regional development and planning in the Nordic countries.
The Northern Research Forum (NRF) provides a platform for effective, policy-relevant discussion and the sharing of research on northern issues. Meetings are held biennially with the participation of a wide variety of scientists, policy makers and representatives of other stakeholders.
