Contributors and Reviewers

UNEP/GRID-Arendal editorial team Kathrine I. Johnsen (Editor in Chief) Björn Alfthan Lawrence Hislop Janet F. Skaalvik

Cartographics

Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Hugo Ahlenius, Nordpil

Layout UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Contributors We are very grateful to Bernard Funston (Northern Consulting) for authoring the majority of Part I of this report. Thanks to Tony Gaston (Environment Canada) for contributions to the alcids case study, and to Thor S. Larsen for co-authoring the polar bear case and the chapter on the ecosystem approach. We are also thankful to Violet Ford (Inuit Circumpolar Council), Ahmed Djoghlaf (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity), Mikhail Pogodaev (Association of World Reindeer Herders) and Tom Barry (CAFF Secretariat) for providing stakeholder contributions.

Photo credits 1 Peter Prokosch 4 iStockphoto/Anna Yu 4 Lawrence Hislop 4 iStockphoto/Oliver Anlauf 4 Hinrich Baesemann 4-5 iStockphoto/ Cindy Creighton 4-5 Wikimedia Commons/US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 6 Peter Prokosch 8 Lawrence Hislop 9 Lawrence Hislop 11 Peter Prokosch 17 Lawrence Hislop 18 Lawrence Hislop 18 Lawrence Hislop 20 iStockphoto/John Pitcher 22-23 Peter Prokosch 25 Lawrence Hislop 25 Lawrence Hislop 26 iStockphoto/Andre Klaassen 29 Lawrence Hislop 32-33 Lawrence Hislop 36 Peter Prokosch 40 Peter Prokosch 43 Lawrence Hislop 46 iStockphoto/Anna Yu 48 iStockphoto/Saipg 49 Peter Lilja/Animals Animals Enterprises 50 Lawrence Hislop 54-55 Lawrence Hislop 57 Lena Pogodaeva 58 iStockphoto/ Liz Leyden 60 iStockphoto/Cindy Creighton 63 Peter Prokosch 64 iStockphoto/Oliver Anlauf 67 Wikimedia Commons/Matti Averio 68 Peter Prokosch 68 Peter Prokosch 69 Lawrence Hislop 71 iStockphoto/Dusko Matic 72 Hinrich Baesemann 76 Wikimedia Commons/US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 78 Wikimedia Commons/US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 78 iStockphoto/Can Balcioglu 80 CPAR 2010 81 CPAR 2010 98 Peter Prokosch 100 Peter Prokosch

List of Advisers and Reviewers Natalia Anisimova, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries & Oceanography (Russia) Tony Gaston, Environment Canada Lil L. Jørgensen, Institute of Marine Research (Norway) Nina J. Karnovsky, Pomona College (USA) Morten Kjørstad, Directorate for Nature Management (Norway) Kit M. Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute Arild Landa, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Lloyd F. Lowry, University of Alaska Fairbanks Nick Lunn, Environment Canada Svein D. Mathiesen, Sami University College/International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry/Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Lori Quackenbush, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Don Russell, Environment Canada Hallvard Strøm, Norwegian Polar Institute Jan H. Sundet, Institute of Marine Research (Norway) Tom Barry, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Secretariat Christian Nellemann, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Peter Prokosch, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Tiina Kurvits, UNEP/GRID-Arendal John Crump, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Thor S. Larsen, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Peter Herkenrath, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre Shannon Headland, Canadian International Centre for the Arctic Region Garry Donaldson, Canadian Wildlife Service Rachel Vallender, Canadian Wildlife Service Dag Vongraven, Norwegian Polar Institute Sigrun Einarson, Directorate for Nature Management (Norway) Cherryl André de la Porte, Stockholm Convention Secretariat Ana Priceputu, Stockholm Convention Secretariat Melanie Virtue, UNEP/CMS Secretariat Francisco Rilla Manta, UNEP/CMS Secretariat Lambert Lenten, UNEP/AEWA Secretariat Pinya Sarasas, UNEP Annie Cung, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat Cecilie Smith-Christensen, Nordic World Heritage Foundation Mechtild Rössler, UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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