CAFF

CAFF

Conservation of arctic flora & fauna
What
1. Biodiversity working group of Arctic Council
  1. Reps from 8 Arctic Council member states
    1. USA, Sweden, Russian Federation, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Greenland/Denmark
Key findings
1. 1.Arctic Biodiversity is being degraded
2. 2.Climate change is biggest threat
3. 3.Migratory species are threatened by over harvest
4. 4.Arctic residents opportunities are diminishing
5. 5. Pollution from long-range transport threaten arctic ecosystems
6. 6. More invasive alien species are expected with climate change
7. 7. Overharvest used to be 1st cause of human impact- still needs addressing
8. 8. Not much knowledge on Arctic Species
9. 9. International cooperation is needed
Facts & Figures
1. Polar bear population to decrease by 30% in next 45 years
2. Northern plants are expected to lose up to 43% of their current distribution
3. Arctic seas produce 10% of global marine fisheries
4. Ivory gull decrease by 80% since 1980s
  1. In its Canadian range
5. More than 50% of world's wetlands are in Arctic
  1. Wetlands are important for carbon storage & water cycle
6. Of 21 Northern languages that have become extinct
  1. 48% have gone since 1990

Resource summary

	Created by rasan.anisha about 9 years ago