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