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A quick overview

A quick overview. CARMA Network ( C ircum- A rctic R angifer M onitoring & A ssessment Network ). Network. Third Meeting November 28-30, 2006. CARMA. Rationale Mission History Structure Activities Goals. Global Process. Regional decision making. Local well being.

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A quick overview

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  1. A quick overview

  2. CARMA Network (Circum-Arctic Rangifer Monitoring & Assessment Network) Network Third Meeting November 28-30, 2006

  3. CARMA • Rationale • Mission • History • Structure • Activities • Goals

  4. Global Process Regional decision making Local well being • New and more difficult challenges: • High uncertainty • Rapid directional change • Increased complexity • Considerable heterogeneity

  5. The Mission of CARMA “To monitor and assess the impacts of global change on the Human-Rangifer System across the Arcticthrough cooperation, both geographically and across disciplines.”

  6. 1998 - The Arctic Council directed CAFF to “identify elements of a program to monitor circumpolar biodiversity” and to “assess the effects of climate change on Arctic ecosystems”.

  7. 1999 -“The Human Role in Reindeer/Caribou Systems” Workshop

  8. Its “Research Plan” • Anticipating and responding to change • Understanding the resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems • Developing new methods for comparative studies • Facilitating communication among players • Organizing into a network • Reframing the paradigm to include hunters and herders

  9. Background: February, 2000: CAFF responds to Arctic Council recommendation by establishing the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program

  10. CARMA official Launch, Vancouver Oct 31 – Nov 1 2004 Representatives from Russia, Finland, Norway, Greenland, Canada, and the U.S. at the official launch of CARMA Network

  11. Second Meeting of the CARMA Network Nov 15-16 • Linked with IPY • Identified research questions: • What is the resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems to global change? • What are the vulnerabilities of these systems? • Organized into focus areas • Initiated funding proposal planning

  12. Three sources of information… Remote sensing Field studies Local knowledge

  13. Where do we want to be one year from now? • Protocols for monitoring established • Monitoring data collection in full swing • Co-management boards engaged in the process and their involvement well defined • Sub-questions for research well defined • Funding in place

  14. Where do we want to be at the end of IPY (March 2009)? • Strong arctic network established • Intensive monitoring completed • Dataset from different sources types compiled • Decision-support tools for co-managers developed and pre-tested.

  15. Preparing for change

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