ACD: Arctic Coastal Dynamics
Year of approval: 2000
The overall objective of ACD is to improve our
Marine Transportation and Changing
Access in the Arctic Ocean
Year of approval: 2003
understanding of Circum-Arctic Coastal Dynamics
This project involves a comprehensive assessment
as a function of environmental forcing, coastal ge-
of recent (and future) Arctic sea ice changes, and a
ology and cryology and morphodynamic behavior.
focused analysis on how these changes may impact
marine transport routes in the Arctic Ocean and the
Baltic Sea.
MAST: Marine Arctic Sediment
Thickness
Year of approval: 2000
maps that describe the nature and distribution of
CAT-B: The Circum-Arctic Terrestrial
Biodiversity Initiative – Causes and
consequences of changing biodiversity in Arctic and Alpine Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Year of approval: 2003
sedimentary material underlying the deep ocean
The broad goal of this program is to quantify and
basin and the continental shelves of the Arctic
understand the role of biodiversity in Arctic and al-
Ocean.
pine ecosystems, and to evaluate both actual and
This project focuses on the recovery, preservation,
and rationalization of seismic and potential field
observations, to construct a digital data base and
potential threats to biodiversity.
ACIA: Arctic Climate Impact
Assessment
Year of approval: 2000
the nations of the Arctic region, their economy, and
NUHIP: Nutrition and Health of the
Northern Indigenous Peoples – the
interactions with ethnicity, social
status and environment
Year of approval: 2001/03
peoples. It was implemented in partnership with the
This is a multidisciplinary study of the interaction of
Arctic Council represented by their AMAP and CAFF
environmental factors, socio-economic status and
working groups.
nutrition among the indigenous peoples in the cir-
This assessment is expected to lead to the development of fundamental and useful information for
cumpolar countries and on assessment of these im-
Arctic Hydrology
Year of approval: 2002
pacts on the survival of ethnical groups, their style
of life and health.
This project involves the synthesis of water balance
data from northern experimental watersheds.
ACBio – Arctic Coastal Biodiversity
Year of approval: 2005
CEON – The Terrestrial Circum-arctic
Environmental Observatories Network
Year of approval: 2002
This is an integrated multi-scale, multi-theme as-
This project focuses on promoting environmental
with the goal to facilitate coastal management and
observations in the Arctic and dissemination of
planning using an approach based on the integra-
these to Arctic researchers whilst encompassing
tion of the physical, biological and social sciences.
and building on the strengths of existing observatory platforms and networks active in the Arctic.
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sessment of Arctic coastal biodiversity as a logical,
cost-effective, and essential research framework