Indices & Networks

Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) 2013.

Appendix 20

Arctic indigenous languages status and trends. Data in the table was collected from census records and academic sources. Where possible, CAFF countries and indigenous peoples organizations (Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council) also provided statistical information.

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Meltofte, H. (ed.) 2013. Arctic Biodiversity Assessment. Status and trends in Arctic biodiversity. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Akureyri.

Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) 2013.

Box 18.5 Table 1. Seabird harvests around the Arctic (from Merkel 2010a). Pop. = population.

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Meltofte, H. (ed.) 2013. Arctic Biodiversity Assessment. Status and trends in Arctic biodiversity. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Akureyri.

ASTI DataSet: Arctic Species Trend Index is an index that tracks trends in over 300 Arctic vertebrate species.

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CAFF Created the ASTI DataSet In partnership with the CBMP, WWF, UNEP, WCMC, ZSL.

For further information the report Arctic Species Trend Index 2010: Tracking Trends in Arctic Wildlife used information from this dataset.

Index of terrestrial species disaggregated by Arctic boundary for the period 1970–2004 (high Arctic, n=25 species, 73 populations; low Arctic, n=66 species, 166 populations; sub-Arctic, n=102 species, 204 populations).

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Languages with the greatest increase and decrease in numbers of speakers.

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Note on information sources: Data used to compile the information for this analysis, came from a wide variety of sources both official and academic. Each of the CAFF countries where possible provided statistical information. The Indigenous Peoples organisations (Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council) provided information and further to these sources academic publications were utilised.

The five Arctic peoples with largest increases in population size.

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Note on information sources: Data used to compile the information for this analysis, came from a wide variety of sources both official and academic. Each of the CAFF countries where possible provided statistical information. The Indigenous Peoples organisations (Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council) provided information and further to these sources academic publications were utilised.

Languages displaying an increase in absolute numbers of speakers, proportion of speakers and net population.

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Note on information sources: Data used to compile the information for this analysis, came from a wide variety of sources both official and academic. Each of the CAFF countries where possible provided statistical information. The Indigenous Peoples organisations (Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council) provided information and further to these sources academic publications were utilised.

Distribution of protected areas in the Arctic between different IUCN categories.

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Change in extent of protected areas in the Arctic.

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Location of datasets in the Arctic Species Trend Index.

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Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) 2013.

The distribution of languages and language families in the Arctic.

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Meltofte, H. (ed.) 2013. Arctic Biodiversity Assessment. Status and trends in Arctic biodiversity. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Akureyri.

UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the Worlds Languages in Danger 2012. http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ [accessed 14 December 2012]

UNESCO 2012. Endangered languages of Indigenous peoples of Siberia. http://lingsib.iea.ras.ru/en/ [accessed 14 December 2012]

Change in population (estimated) for 47 populations between 1989–2006.

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Estimated change in proportion of speakers for 44 Arctic languages between 1989–2006.

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Vitality of Arctic languages as classified by UNESCO.

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1) Stotts, J., Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, pers.comm. 2010.

Protected Areas in the Arctic classed after their IUCN category.

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Status and trends of seabird harvest in the Arctic (including sea ducks)

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List of seabirds, including loons and grebes, that are open for harvesting and egging in Alaska

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Estimated annual seabird and egg harvest in Alaska 1995-2001.

Estimated annual seabird and egg harvest in Alaska 2001-2005.

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"Source: Merkel, F. and Barry, T. (eds.) 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic.
CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16."

Seabirds that can be hunted in the Faroes, hunting seasons, estimated numbers taken and total population size.

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

"Source: Merkel, F. and Barry, T. (eds.) 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic.

CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16."

Sheet 1. Hunting regulations for birds in Greenland. Species not mentioned are protected all year. In addition, all hunting is forbidden in the National Park of East Greenland and in Melville Bay Nature Park in Northwest Greenland.
Sheet 2. Greenland seabird harvest statistics (Piniarneq) for the period 1993 – 2006 (The Greenland Hole Rule, Dept. of Hunting and Fisheries). Several species were not included in Piniarneq until 2002 (blank cells).

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

"Source: Merkel, F. and Barry, T. (eds.) 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic.
CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16."

Sheet 1. Seabird species harvested in Iceland and stages at which they are or can be utilized according to legislation. 1 =utilized; 0 = not utilized; (1) = insignificant use
Sheet 2. Numbers of birds hunted according to hunting statistics (Environment and Food Agency).

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

"Source: Merkel, F. and Barry, T. (eds.) 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic.
CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16."

Sheet 1. Hunting regulations for marine birds in Svalbard
Sheet 2. Hunting regulations for marine birds in in north Norway, excluding Svalbard.

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

"Source: Merkel, F. and Barry, T. (eds.) 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic.
CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16."

Scientific names for bird species discussed in 2008 Seabird harvest report (alphabetical order of common English names).

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

"Source: Merkel, F. and Barry, T. (eds.) 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic.
CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16."

Number of marine birds (glaucous gull, black guillemot, thick-billed murre and northern fulmar) shot in Svalbard in the period 2001-2006. 

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

Source: The Governor of Svalbard.

Number of birds shot of glaucous gull, black guillemot, thick-billed murre and northern fulmar in Svalbard in the period 1998-2006.

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

Source: The Governor of Svalbard.

Number of marine birds (herring gull, great black-backed gull, common gull, and black-legged kittiwake, great cormorant and European shag) shot in northern Norway (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark counties) in the period 2001-2006.

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Number of birds shot of gulls (herring gull, great black-backed gull, common gull, and black-legged kittiwake), great cormorant and European shag in northern Norway (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark counties) in the period 2001-2006.

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i.e. Seabird Harvest in the Arctic.

Source: Statistics Norway.