CAFF Arctic Wetlands & Indigenous Peoples
December 2019 - I’m so very excited that the Arctic Wetlands and Indigenous Peoples Study (AWIPS) assessment report is now available! This report represents 16 months of research across the circumpolar north while I served as a Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Fellow at the Arctic Council’s Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna working group on biodiversity in Akureyri, Iceland. I was given the opportunity to lead a research project that looks at how Indigenous peoples are engaged in the management and conservation of wetlands-associated protected areas. The study encompasses 35 protected areas of varying designation across all eight Arctic countries. Check it out!