BSSN
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definition: Short Title: BSSN Project URL: http://www.arcticpeoples.org/key-issues/monitoring/ Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=247 This project will create an infrastructure for monitoring and observation by the indigenous and other Arctic residents organizations based in the coastal communities of the Bering Sea region (BSR) including Bering Strait and adjacent Chukchi Sea. It will increase capacity and effectiveness of the circum-Arctic monitoring through responding to the need of the long-term collection of data in remote Arctic locations, in particularly, in BSR that was identified as a priority monitoring area by many scientists, e.g. by the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme of the Arctic Council. The project will use IPY as an impetus to consolidate current research and jump-start new cooperative activities between scientists, indigenous and other citizens groups from the North East Russia and Alaska, U.S. Whereas, the region is known for an international cooperative research in specific species management, e.g. Gray whales and Polar bear, efforts on creation of circum-Bering Sea research interface have not been successful due to political and logistical reasons. BSSN will work specifically with community-based/place based research and will attempt to integrate these efforts with broader scientific activities in the region and globally. BSSN will consist of community-based and/or international regional organizations, primarily indigenous. In addition to the international organization (AIA, ICC, CAFF, UNEP), the list of initial partners will include five Alaska Natives regional non-profit organizations, eight regional organizations in Chukotka and Kamchatka in Russia, Alaska Native Science Commission and University of Alaska. The Network will cooperate with other organizations, projects and scientists from the cluster projects. The initial program activities will be based on the existing and emerging research and mon…

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