Arctic Biodiversity: To Evaluate Status of Current Scientific Understanding and to Assess Conservation Implications in the Arctic

Huntington 9908449该项目是为了支持一个研讨会和综合研究，解决北极生物多样性的性质。 北极生物环境的特点越来越体现在其生物多样性方面：北极物种和生态区的范围、多样性、可变性、稳定性和相互作用。 北极生物多样性的完整表征相当于对物种存在、其分布和丰度的周期性和方向性变化、其相互作用以及北极环境结构的全面了解。 讲习班的目的是概述评估整个北极生物多样性的现状和趋势的科学要求，强调现有知识的范围和局限性。 根据这些要求，与会者将汇集所有相关的文献和知识-科学的和传统的-并侧重于选定的关键物种和区域。 随后将利用这些资料来描述和描述北极环境及其系统的各个方面，同时查明现有知识及其应用方面的差距。 讲习班将概述如何从生物多样性的角度了解北极环境，以促进健全的长期保护行动。 讲习班的预期成果包括：关于目前对北极生物潜水员的了解的目标摘要、选定物种或生态区的案例研究、关于北极目前养护问题对生物多样性的影响的摘要以及生物多样性如何说明关键的养护需要。

Huntington9908449This project is to support a workshop and synthetic research addressing the nature of Arctic biodiversity. The Arctic biotic environment is increasingly characterized in terms of its biodiversity: the range, variety, variability, stability, and interactions of Arctic species and ecoregions. A complete characterization of Arctic biodiversity is equivalent to a full unerstanding of the specis present, their cyclical and directional changes in distribution and abundance, their interactions, and the structure of the arctic environment. The workshop is intended to outline the scientific requirments for evaluating the status and trends of biodiversity throughout the Arctic, emphasizing the extend and limitations of current knowledge. Based on these requirements, the participants will bring together all of the relevant literature and knowledge--scientific and traditionally based--and focused on selected key species and regions. These will be used subsequently to describe and characterize aspects of the Arctic environment and its systems, while identifying gaps in current knowledge and it application. The workshop will outline how an understanding of the Arctic environment in terms of its biodiversity can contribute to sound, long-term conservation actions. Expected outcomes of the workshop include target summaries on the current understanding of Arctic biodivers, case studies of selected species or ecoregions, a summary of current conservation concerns in the Arctic with regard to their implications for biodiversity and how biodiversity illuminate key conservation needs.