@prefix ns0: . @prefix skos: . ns0:altLabel [ ] ; skos:broader ; skos:prefLabel "CBMP"@en ; skos:inScheme ; skos:definition """Short Title: CBMP Project URL: http://arcticportal.org/en/caff/cbmp Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=133 What is the CBMP? - The CBMP is an international network of key scientists and conservation experts from 8 Arctic countries, including indigenous organizations. - It collaborates to document the dramatic changes in the North, why these changes occur and what can be done about them. Why is the CBMP needed? - Public interest in Global Change is high and increasing. Key question: What is happening to the climate and the environment, particularly in the North where changes are predicted to be most intense. - Political support is high: Environment Ministers from all 8 Arctic countries ordered in November 2004 that a CBMP be launched as soon as possible. - Good circumpolar information is needed to make the best conservation decisions as pressures on the Arctic increase. - With the international polar year coming up in 2007, timing is right to ramp up monitoring efforts on a circumpolar basis. - Collaboration increases efficiency and impact of conservation work, compared to each country working alone on these issues. Where is the CBMP at? - The CBMP has just been officially launched on Sept 8, 2005, at an international meeting in Cambridge, England - The Cambridge meeting also achieved the following: o Brought together almost 60 key arctic scientists and conservation experts o Selected a suite of 12 indicator areas to be monitored o Developed a data management strategy o Confirmed collaboration with the World Conservation Monitoring Centre as the main data hub o Established remote sensing and community monitoring task teams o Confirmed financial support from Microsoft Research for up to 5 years and substantial in kind and monetary support from Canada o Confirmed Canada as the lead country for the CBMP o Established an international secretariat for the CBMP with full time staff to oversee implementation of the program What are the next steps and longer term goals? - Stepping up circumpolar monitoring efforts to document changes in Arctic Biodiversity - Monitor key drivers of change and a suite of 12 key indicators - Report on why biodiversity is changing and what can be done about it - Develop a web portal that displays monitoring information and policy advise - Development of a Polar Global Environmental Outlook report. - Develop a high profile Arctic Biodiversity Assessment by 2010"""@en ; a skos:Concept . skos:prefLabel "A - C"@en ; a skos:Concept ; skos:narrower .