Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, which was established in 1991, is an Arctic Council Working Group.^[1]

History

In 1989, discussions began between the eight Arctic nations—Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia{{emdash}then the Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States, which resulted in the establishment of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) in June 1991 in Rovaniemi, Finland^[2] as part of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS).^[1]^[3]

In 1996, AMAP became one of the newly-established Arctic Council's five Working Groups.^[3]

The AMAP undertakes a mercury assessment every ten years.^[4]^[5] In a 2022 Nature Reviews article AMAP researchers reported that 200 tonnes of mercury end up in the Arctic Ocean every year.^[4]^[5] ‘Significant’ amounts of mercury in permafrost threatens Arctic food supply, research says

Mandate

The AMAP monitors and assesses components of the AEPS. Starting in 1996, AMAP focused its monitoring and assessments in the Arctic on chemical and radioactive contaminants.^[2]

Organization

By 1997 Norway chaired the AMAP.^[2]

Geographical coverage

AMAP's research covers the High Arctic and sub-Arctic regions in the circumpolar Arctic.^[6]

References

"About". Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. nd. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
"Geographical coverage". Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. nd. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
* "Geographical coverage". Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. nd. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Dastoor, Ashu; Angot, Hélène; Bieser, Johannes; Christensen, Jesper; Douglas, Thomas; Heimbürger-Boavida, Lars-Eric (1 March 2022). "Arctic mercury cycling". Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 3: 270–286. doi:10.1038/s43017-022-00269-w. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Lamberink, Liny (6 June 2022). "'Significant' amounts of mercury in permafrost threatens Arctic food supply, research says". CBC News. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Russell, Bruce A. (Fall 1996). "The Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy & the New Arctic Council". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

www.arctic-council.org – Arctic Council

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