Table 1
The Working Group themes, as developed by the
List of ICARP II Sponsors
- Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples
Secretariat
Conference Steering Committee with broad input
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment
from the conference sponsors, were:
Programme (AMAP)
- Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
WG 1:
(CAFF)
Sustainable Development and Arctic Economies
- European Polar Board (EPB)
(Chairs: Henry Huntington and Gorm Winther)
- International Arctic Social Sciences
WG 2:
Association (IASSA)
Indigenous Peoples and Change in the Arctic:
- International Geosphere-Biosphere
Adaptation, Adjustment and Empowerment
(Chair: Jens Dahl)
WG 3:
Coastal Processes
(Chairs: Volker Rachold and Christopher Cogan)
WG 4:
Program (IGBP)
- International Human Dimensions of
Global Environmental Change Programme
- International Permafrost Association (IPA)
- Northern Forum (NF)
- Nordic Polar Group
- Northern Research Forum (NRF)
Deep Central Basin in the Arctic Ocean
- University of the Arctic (UArctic)
(Chair: Bernie Coakley)
- World Climate Research Programme
WG 5:
(WCRP)
Arctic Ocean Margins and Gateways
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWFN)
(Chair: Jackie Grebmeier)
WG 6:
Arctic Shelf Seas
(Chair: Heidi Kassens)
The goal of the process leading up to the confer-
WG 7:
ence was the development of clear research plans
Terrestrial Cryosphere and Hydrologic Processes
evolving from the discussion of critical questions
and Systems
identified by each working group. The working
(Chair: Terry Prowse)
groups were responsible for identifying several pri-
WG 8:
ority questions that needed to be addressed over
Terrestrial & Freshwater Biosphere and Biodiversity
the next 10-15 years. They were asked to design
(Chairs: Torben Christensen and Terry Callaghan)
research plans to address the critical questions and
WG 9:
open those plans for review and consideration prior
Modeling and Predicting Arctic Weather,
to and during the conference. One interesting devel-
Climate and Ecosystems
opment during the working group process involved
(Chairs: Lennart Bengtsson and Klaus Dethloff)
the inclusion of early career scientists in the plan-
WG 10 :
ning process. Each of the working groups included
Resilience, Vulnerability, and Rapid Change
active participation by early career scientists iden-
(Chair: Gary Kofinas)
tified to work on a specific science plan and help
WG 11:
with the review and evaluation of other science
Sciences in the Public Interest
plans. This early involvement of young scientists
(Chairs: Lars Kullerud and Chris Southcott)
was critical to the success of the conference, and
WG 12:
in some cases has led to early career scientist de-
Presence and Fate of Heavy Metals, Persistent
velopment of research programs which are now un-
Organic Pollutants, Petroleum Hydrocarbons and
derway. Most notable of these is the Arctic in Rapid
Radionuclides
Transitions (ART) program which was developed by
(Chair: Lars-Otto Reiersen)
early career scientists involved in the marine working groups.
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